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Advance competitive tennis demands more than simply hitting another basket of balls. Parents and players need to recognize and understand that:
- To compete at the highest levels, mental, and emotional tennis training must be part of the athlete’s developmental plan.
- The real issues of competitive failures.
- Inefficient training routines need to be redirected.
The following posts list some common training missteps that competitive tennis players and parents need to acknowledge and refine to maximize performance.
Tough Love Insights to Successful Competitive Tennis
Insight Ten: Only playing up, without success, teaches you how to accept loss as your fate. Repetition of loss doesn’t build confidence.
Possible Solution: Include lower-level events into your training routine to improve your ability to stay on script long enough to win multiple matches in a row.
