Tennis Tip
Posted on January 11, 2008
Filed Under tennis-sport
Have you ever feel frustrated because you cannot achieve the target that you set in a tennis competition when you work so much in your tennis practice? Does this sound familiar? It’s five all in the second set in a tennis match, you’ve won the first set in a tiebreaker, and then you loose your serve. The set lose and so does the tennis match. You just can’t understand why. Every time you wanting to attack the tennis ball but you hesitated with negative thoughts? Did you get furious with yourself that it was impossible to control your action during a tennis match? If you are facing the same problems, then you are suffering from the weakening effects of stress and anxiety. Fortunately, there are some tips and techniques that are taught to deal with this stress and anxiety.
The basic tip when dealing with stress during a tennis match is to get yourself into the optimum level of arousal to perform at your best. There is a correlation between physical arousal and efficiency of performance. The tip shows that you can perform a task best at a level of arousal and how that performance deteriorates when arousal levels go uncontrolled. For complex tasks like tennis, you need a lower level of emotion than you would need for a simple task (like brushing your teeth).
What does all this mean? Firstly, being nervous before a tennis match isn’t a bad thing and may actually be good for you. You should tell yourself that this tennis match is going to be a very excited experience rather than an anxiety. Beside, tell yourself that you are ready to fight for the glory in the tennis match. Second tip is it is important that you can control the level of arousal to a lower level. You can achieve it through the use of relaxation techniques. 2 examples are breathing control and muscle tension release. The tip to control your breathing is you need to be able to observe the reactions of your body while you breathe slowly and deeply. Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes and start to concentrate on breathing in. While doing this, notice how breathing in positively energizes you, and as you then breathe out, you’re calmed and centered totally on yourself. Another tip in doing the relaxation technique is starts off with 3 minutes and work up to 15 as you get better. During the process, count your breaths up to 10 then start over again and keep this exercise. Free your mind; focus on the numbers and the body’s reactions. Another important tip here, you can do this exercise sitting between the tennis games or on tennis court during play in order to escape from unnecessary thoughts. Concentrate on connecting your breathing with your movement and hits in the tennis game. Remember, in order to get the most effective from this technique, you must practice this in the tennis training.
Tip here is to release the muscle tension takes some time to learn. You should notice that every time you are stressed and nervous, your body reacts with tension. Your shoulder tense up and your jaw becomes tighten. Now, you can see the connection between body and soul. Releasing and relaxing of the muscles “tells” your brain to relax mentally. Important tip to remember here is to start with 15 minutes a day tensing up your muscle and then totally relaxing them. Release your anxiety as you relax after the tensing phase. Start from your head and finish with your feet going through all the muscles as you go. Try to identify the differences in the 2 states.
With this technique you will learn how to identify tension and then release it, at will, even on tennis court to allow you to achieve your full potential. The key tip here is to be patient as these new skills take time to learn and refine. Remind yourself that every step you take is going to help you play the tennis game you love better and become a more powerful tennis player.
May your dream come true,
Max
About the Author
Max is a person who loves to play tennis and he started to played tennis since he was 5 years old. Now, he is teaching teenagers who love tennis to become a professional player.
He read many teaching guides about coaching tennis; however, he found out that many of these books are not informative enough. He recommends the book from the link below, for more information, please visit the web site in http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?38127
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