Becoming a Better Tennis Player – The Inventory

As tennis players, it’s easy to become stuck where we are with our level of play. And there is nothing wrong with that. After all, we probably all started playing tennis just for the pure joy of movement, of the physical exertion and the good feeling it gave us. Nothing wrong with that.

But some of us soon discovered that it was even more fun and satisfying if we could just play a little better, maybe make that shot that we saw someone else hit, or maybe we just want to play as well as someone else we saw. It was a challenge. Or our competitive natures wanted to win. If you have reached that point, where you seriously want to improve then read on. You’ve made a vital and crucial step!

Here is my personal take on how to proceed. Having made this decision, we start upon a “tennis” inventory. We have to know what we have that is good, and what must be thrown out or re-vamped. We take an inventory of our assets and liabilities as objectively as we can. It is a fact-finding and fact-facing process, a finding out of the truth about out games. If something is “damaged”, we must get rid of it without regret. If you can take an honest look at your game, then your chances of improving go up dramatically.

There are a couple of ways to take this look. One of them is to simply hire a teaching pro and tell him what you are trying to accomplish. If he has any experience at all, he’ll know what you are talking about and give you some pointers. He may even write up a game plan, but most won’t go that far.

Or you might try video – taking a close and objective look at yourself under match conditions. You could use a camera mounted in the corner on an old tripod,  or Gorilla Pod or on a QM-1 Camera Mount. Of course, I’m biased towards the QM-1, but any way you do it it’s going to help. If nothing else have a friend  video through the fence.

The first few times I watched myself play, I have to admit it was quite ego-deflating. There was a huge disconnect between what my mind thought was happening and what was really going on. I didn’t look like Roger Federer!! What the heck? And I was playing way too defensively!    Wasn’t going to get anywhere without changing something!

Okay, this is a blog not a book. Step 2 will come soon – putting together a program for change!

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