I had 5 minutes to spare before leaving to play round-robin singles this morning. I have ADHD. Focus is my #1 problem. I searched for "tennis focus" hoping for a quick tip, and boy did I get one. I repeated the "I am" statement and thought about nothing else, not even winning. Lo and behold, my footwork was better, my shots were cleaner, and I won games from stronger players. I'm looking forward to the masterclass!
The power of Psycholinguistics. The brain learns what we teach and say to it. I like how Nadal says he didn't lose a match but that his opponent won the match. He also says that if he is playing at 60%, it is still better than 50%. That's positive thinking!
For me it helps. Before every stroke, i say: no missing, but in my mind i have long version, there is no way im missing shot, it doesn't matter what comes, flat, short, moonball, spin.... Thanks for different perspective of tennis... It helped me a lot with my wrist, mobility,....
Great to hear you'e found something that helps. But an interesting experiment might be to phrase it in a positive way. For your brain to process "no missing" it has to process the word miss. So potentially if you re-phrase it to ever ball in. Or something like that, it could help more.
Yes, it can be even more helpful, the point for me it is, to have some kind of joking, fun while hitting, so in my case, cause english is not my languge, its not serious even if it has miss word
I’ll try and let you know. Staying focus and present is one of the things I found the most difficult at present. I can have a couple of brilliant games and then back to the silly mistakes, bad decisions, awful shots. It is a process I guess and we need to train to get better
Your masterclass on mental toughness (from the link) is by far the single best class on the topic that I’ve ever experienced! I personally have great mental toughness, but I’m looking for solutions for my practice partner who has an entrenched loser and victim mindset. Perhaps hearing these things via your masterclass from a “stranger,” (you) will help him; after all, I’m just a 4.5 shrink who’s knowledgeable about what you’ve covered, but what do I know? I’ve sent him a link to your masterclass, and pray that he’s open to it, for it could make a 1000% difference if only he’s open to it. Thank you!
Thank you for kind words I really appreciate that. Haha, I know how you feel. I help people all over the world to train their visual and vestibular system. But will my family listen? 😂 Hopefully he watches and finds it helpful.
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What strategies do you use to help with focus?
I had 5 minutes to spare before leaving to play round-robin singles this morning. I have ADHD. Focus is my #1 problem. I searched for "tennis focus" hoping for a quick tip, and boy did I get one. I repeated the "I am" statement and thought about nothing else, not even winning. Lo and behold, my footwork was better, my shots were cleaner, and I won games from stronger players. I'm looking forward to the masterclass!
The power of Psycholinguistics. The brain learns what we teach and say to it. I like how Nadal says he didn't lose a match but that his opponent won the match. He also says that if he is playing at 60%, it is still better than 50%. That's positive thinking!
The way the brain works is fascinating. And Nadal is obviously a mental master! As is Djok. That's the only way they can do what they do.
For me it helps. Before every stroke, i say: no missing, but in my mind i have long version, there is no way im missing shot, it doesn't matter what comes, flat, short, moonball, spin....
Thanks for different perspective of tennis... It helped me a lot with my wrist, mobility,....
Great to hear you'e found something that helps.
But an interesting experiment might be to phrase it in a positive way. For your brain to process "no missing" it has to process the word miss. So potentially if you re-phrase it to ever ball in. Or something like that, it could help more.
Yes, it can be even more helpful, the point for me it is, to have some kind of joking, fun while hitting, so in my case, cause english is not my languge, its not serious even if it has miss word
thanks for this!! i am a great player with great technique but often lose focus and lose easy matches because of it. hopefully these tips will help!
I’ll try and let you know. Staying focus and present is one of the things I found the most difficult at present. I can have a couple of brilliant games and then back to the silly mistakes, bad decisions, awful shots. It is a process I guess and we need to train to get better
It's a process, but if you keep working it will improve!
Good stuff Richard. Hopefully you come back to Arizona soon.
Welcome.
Your masterclass on mental toughness (from the link) is by far the single best class on the topic that I’ve ever experienced! I personally have great mental toughness, but I’m looking for solutions for my practice partner who has an entrenched loser and victim mindset. Perhaps hearing these things via your masterclass from a “stranger,” (you) will help him; after all, I’m just a 4.5 shrink who’s knowledgeable about what you’ve covered, but what do I know? I’ve sent him a link to your masterclass, and pray that he’s open to it, for it could make a 1000% difference if only he’s open to it. Thank you!
Thank you for kind words I really appreciate that.
Haha, I know how you feel. I help people all over the world to train their visual and vestibular system. But will my family listen? 😂
Hopefully he watches and finds it helpful.
Excellent video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Very helpful
Glad it helped.
How brilliant 👍👌
Happy to help!