Practical thinking on mindfulness, attention, and performance for competitive tennis players.
Mindfulness is not separate from performance. In tennis, it is part of performance. This blog takes apart specific moments on court and looks more closely at what is actually going on there.
Read →One of the most important questions in tennis is also one of the least examined. A lot of players think they know what they are paying attention to. Very often, they do not.
Read →The mental side of tennis is not exempt from training. It does not get a special shortcut just because we can talk about it. Understanding is not ability. Ability has to be built.
Read →A player is not training mindfulness simply by being on court. They are only training it when they are actually putting attention where it needs to go, noticing what matters, and allowing experience without getting pulled off the task.
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