The Complete Tennis Player
Click around on the tennis balls to learn more about tennis and how it is the sport for everyone.
The Tennis Player
Becoming a tennis player requires analysis of on-court performance to continuously improve and create the mindset of a champion.
You need to master:
- Headspace
- Preparing for matches
- Nutrition
- Health
- The environment you live in
- Intention/goal setting
- Player analysis to ensure that you are learning the skills needed to improve your game
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The Court
The court is your domain on which you need to learn techniques to hit the ball and move around the court. These must become like second nature to you.
You need to practice:
- Drills
- How to hit each type of shot
- Progress your skills - red ball to green ball to yellow ball
- On court exercises
The Crowd
The journey of a tennis player requires commitment, passion desire, fear, courage, spirit and the willingness to always keep going even where you feel knocked down and you think you can’t keep going.
You must learn to:
- Master your personal success routine
- Get inspiration from your role models
- Set goals and commitment to your tennis
- Be prepared to travel and enter tournaments
- Maintain consistent training and nutrition
The Umpire
Each game is different. You must learn to analyse your opponent and their strengths and preferences to adapt your gameplay to use these to your advantage.
You need to master:
- Making a match strategy plan
- Adapt to opponents
- Learn the match playing process
- Entering ranking matches
- Keeping score during matches
- Preparing for matches - sleep, nutrition, hydration
- Match analysis before and after game
The Tennis Player
Keep fit, play some tennis at your level, have fun and be part of a community.
Focus on learning about:
- Headspace
- Preparedness to play
- Nutrition
- Health
- Having fun
- Being social
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The Court
Learn to play tennis, hitting techniques and most of all have fun putting all together even if you already play tennis, you are new to tennis or returning to tennis.
To help you play, learn:
- Drills
- How to hit balls
- On court exercises
- Have fun
The Scoreboard
Learn about the game and how singles and doubles are played. Learned the scoring system and have fun playing social matches.
Have fun exploring:
- Match strategy plans
- Adapting to opponents
- Learning the game
- Scoring
- Having fun