tennis4life
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mental advice???people like to call me the kid with the big forehand and the "hot head" i have a HUGE problem with letting myself get mad, i got really good at one time and then stopped for a while becuase it snowed around me an di ddidnt get around to playing indoors much and now my game is off and i get mad cuz i still expect me to do as well as i was doing before
any advice???
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Bel Air-Basher
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My advice here is just get out and practice your strokes. You don't have to jump back into playing matches just get your strokes down and then worry about playing against oponenets
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tennis4life
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see my problem with that is that my season is starting now and we are having like 3 matches a week so i dont have a ton of time to just hit my strokes, i also look really good in practice and everything changes on game day... its really lame cuz i could be so good in practice and hit almost anything than on game day its like i stop having fun and id ont know how to start having fun in my matches again
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Bel Air-Basher
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I think you may have answered your own question. You have to find that place where matches are fun again. For me I am the total opposite I criticize myself and get mad at myself in practice and when its match time I just relax and have fun.
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tennis4life
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hmm thats cool i wish that i could do that, i can never seem to relax in my matches and am always so tense and i dont know wha tto do to fix that and thats when i get mad, speccialy when my team is tied and the last match depends on me to win it..... i always choke and lose it becuase im not having fun and just getting mad at myself and critcizing myself for something that i shoudlent be
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Bel Air-Basher
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The mental part of the game is one of the most difficult parts of the game to really fix. With your shots you can practice hitiing the stroke over and over till you prefect it, but with the mental part of the game the only way to work on it is through working on it in matches and taking one point at a time and after the previous point is over move on to the next. I know this sounds easy just talking about it, but it isn't something that will correct itself overnight.
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tennis4life
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ya i figured that, ive been trying to fix my head game for a while now and so far nothing has worked, like in practice i am really goo dnad can just rip the ball hard and well but in a match when i miss one shot i somehow let myself get mad..... thanx for your advice tho im hoping it will be helpful to me
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Bel Air-Basher
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You welcome. Just remember like my coach always says you can't lose a match on just one bad point. So just let it go and try to win the next point.
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J-man
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Re: mental advice??? | tennis4life wrote: | people like to call me the kid with the big forehand and the "hot head" i have a HUGE problem with letting myself get mad, i got really good at one time and then stopped for a while becuase it snowed around me an di ddidnt get around to playing indoors much and now my game is off and i get mad cuz i still expect me to do as well as i was doing before
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do you throw your racket alot?????
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tennis4life
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ya i throw it quite a bit when the match tenses up on me and then after the match i always feel bad for throwing it
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Bel Air-Basher
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Just wait until you break one of the $150 racquets. That may stop you from throwing them.
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J-man
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| tennis4life wrote: | | ya i throw it quite a bit when the match tenses up on me and then after the match i always feel bad for throwing it |
i used to be like you. as you get older alittle more maturer you will tend to be able to control the anger. there really isn't anything we can do. i didn't get any advice from anyone. but you will grow out of it. but for now all i can tell you is to try to hold it in and calm yourself down during matches
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tennis4life
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i have busted one racquet so far and it hasent stopped me yet, i used to use the prince hornet and only switched to the babolat becuase i broke my hornet.... i hope your correct about getting older and maturing more and being able to control my anger because i get embarassed at how mad i get when im playin in big tournaments indoors and stuff and it echoes through the whole club and everybodys looking at me and its not to happy 
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J-man
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yes i know what you mean. i myself have a horrible tendency to scream when i miss a point at times. but if you look at federer. he had a horrible temper as a kid. but as he got older he was able to over come that. now he is very clam and collective on the court
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Bel Air-Basher
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Age also does help most, but take marat Safin he just has a big temper and I don't think he wants to change. That is one thing you have to ask yourself, How much do you want to change this? If it is something that is very important to you and you feel that it is something that is affecting your game alot then it should be something you and your coach should really work on. Maybe if you yell in a match or throw your racquet there would be negative consequences that your coach has for your.
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J-man
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but the thing is with safin he can get mad and then continue to play well. when i get mad it brings the rest of my game down
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Bel Air-Basher
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Safin is also a professional tennis player, he should be able to to block those things out . It is the example he is setting for those younger players. Yes it is good that Safin can move on and continue to play well, but for us younger players it is very hard to do so. I know for me I get upset and start going down hill when I am playing in a tournament and my oponent has about 20 family members and friends cheering each point and missed point by me. It is very hard to block this out for me. Although I would never condone throwing my racquet or cursing I do know how difficult it can be to stay focused on the point at hand.
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tennis4life
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ya i hate it when i throw my racquet, i dont even know what im diong at the time until i dont have it in my hands anymore and then i feel bad after, most of the getting mad huts my game bigtime and i play horrible and lose everything... my coach doesent know wht to tell me eitehr
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x.doublea
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I think the key to controlling my temper was, at first, to mainly keep my feelings to myself. After I got 'used' to that, it became easier for me to be calm on the court.
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