What is your objective as you practice and compete at tennis?
It seems like a silly question. Obviously, the objective is to win the match. Right?
Mostly people may agree, but for me, I would suggest players develop a different objective. Instead of worrying or focusing on something you have no control over, why not focus on getting comfortable with your swings and overall game.
How to become comfortable is a key question? How about by being honest? What I mean by that is how about swinging freely and seeing where the ball goes. Can we drop all self of self as defined by playing a certain way or keeping balls in play and just swing?
In many players, I see the body doing unnatural things in order to keep the ball in play. The result is non-flowing stroke production. The swings could be short, cramped, rushed or late and the movement to the ball awkward.
If, our emphasis shifts from keeping balls in play to swinging freely, I wonder what would happen? By this I don’t mean over-swinging or trying to hit as hard as possible, but focusing on smooth, natural, flowing movements with absolutely no agenda.
Obviously, this would work best with a ‘wholistic’ pro watching and discussing observations with you, but it can also be done alone.
Could be an interesting experiment?
Please feel free to send any comments or sharing regarding this blog or something you may be dealing with to my email address: wholistictennis@gmail.com.
Perhaps, we will share some of the exchange on this website.
happy hitting!