How to Handle the Outcome of the Tennis Match
Handling the Outcome
Being in the Here and Now to have super focus to make every single shot without having to try to hard…
Handling the outcome of a tennis match can be divided into 3 time periods: the conclusion, the aftermath and the period of the match when the outcome is being determined.
No matter how close and hard fought the match, the winner and the loser should be gracious at the end. When the match is over we return to real life and have to live with each other. So encourage the loser and congratulate the winner.
After losing a match, don’t beat yourself up. Try to figure out why you lost. Did you blow a lead by changing your game? Were you tired? Does one or more of your strokes need improvement? You will learn more from losing than from winning.
During the match, if you are struggling and getting frustrated, try not to show it. Frustration feeds on itself. Try to relax and tell yourself that the more balls you hit the better you will play. Shouting, cursing and throwing your racquet only ruins it for everyone including yourself.
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Marin Tennis: Serving in Singles and Staying Back
SERVING IN SINGLES
Serve and Stay Back: Many tennis players stay behind the baseline after they serve and depend upon their opponent’s errors to win points. Players with powerful ground strokes will hit the ball deep and crosscourt until their superior strokes prevail. Players without powerful strokes but are very quick and agile often just get everything back and rely on frustrating their opponents. Other players just rely on strategy (spin, change of pace, moon balls, unreturnable serves or luring their opponents into hitting their weakest shots).
A highly successful tennis strategy is to wait for your opponent to hit a short or weak shot and then attack. Here are three good ways to attack a short ball (one that lands near the service line).
The most popular is to hit it over the lowest part of the net(the center strap) with enough topspin to keep it in the court. It works best when you have an angle and you are standing still. Your goal is to hit a winner and end the point. At our tennis club in Marin county, we have created drills that will perfect this shot.
If you have to hit the short ball on the run, it is safer to hit it flat, straight ahead, and deep. Your goal is to follow it to the net and put away the volley. This shot is called an approach shot and is best taken on the rise. It has a short backswing and a short followthru. You should move in with the racquet back, holding your volley grip.
The third shot is the dropshot. It should be used sparingly, never on the big points, It works best as a surprise and when your opponent is far behind the baseline.
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