As some of you might know, I used to be a competitive chess player. So I asked myself the question, what can tennis players learn from chess? I’ve talked about my chess background in other videos, and it seems like quite a few viewers also enjoy playing chess. There is even a tennis-chess world championship (not sure if it’s still going). So I thought I’d make a video about what you can learn from chess and implement into your tennis. Anticipating your opponent’s moves/shots. Chess is all about anticipating and preventing your opponent’s plans. The same goes for tennis. If …
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I decided a while back to start taking my own tennis more seriously and properly track my matches to get the right insights from them. Being more aware of what you are doing in match play will surely help your results. That is why I started journaling. So here is my Functional Tennis Match Journal Review. So what is the Functional Tennis Match Journal? Well, it is a notebook with pre-formatted sheets which will help you plan your match strategy and write down what happened after the match to keep track of how good you are at planning and implementing …
Yesterday I posted a slightly different tennis vlog called “The Bumpy Road to Improving Your Tennis”. In this video I wanted to talk about some the elements I’m working on and consequently struggling with. Keen to hear your feedback on more content of this type. What is different in this video is that the focus has shifted from gear to general tennis improvement. What I mean with the title: “The Bumpy Road to Improving Your Tennis” is that learning is never a straight line. It will bring frustrations and self-loathing, as well as some truly inspirational moments when you feel …
Yesterday I had one of those tennis session that tests your mental strength. It was really windy, one side of the court was drenched in sun and the other one wasn’t and there were farm animals all around the court shouting excitedly at every mistimed shot. When you play a lot of tennis you need to learn how to deal with various circumstances: unfamiliar court, opponent playing with weird spin, sun on one side of the court, blustering winds, bad lighting, noisy crowd, or even farm animals. I personally pretty much hate playing in strong wind. It just ruins the …
Troubleshooting your tennis
It might be a cliché, but the biggest help for your game is the ability to analyze and understand your own weaknesses and bad habits on the court. Knowing when something goes wrong and why is key to improving as a player and getting better results. One of the most common things you see on the court is players doing the same mistake over and over and then beating themselves up about it. It’s extremely destructive and something we all do from time to time. How do you troubleshoot yourself? Well, you make sure to learn the fundamentals. If you …