Comments on: How To Improve Your Motivation For Playing Tennis http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/ A Tennis Pro Sharing Tips And Thoughts About Tennis Instruction, Strategy and Mental Game Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erika http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Erika Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:29:11 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/#comment-36 Thank you very much, that makes sense. Now it is just the matter of finding the problem...Thank you for your comments. Thank you very much, that makes sense.
Now it is just the matter of finding the problem…Thank you for your comments.

]]> By: Tomaz http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Tomaz Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:20:46 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/#comment-35 What can cause this lack of fire? In other words, why did he lose motivation? Here are some possible causes: - losing belief in himself - getting bored with same drills and same opponents - not improving (at least noticeably for him) - having personal / emotional issues with his parents - losing just one match to lower ranked player (children can be totally unrealistic) - being overtrained - everywhere just tennis, tennis, tennis and no place for being a child and having fun with other activities - being pushed too much my coach or parents And more of course. When you come up with a good reason (you can also ask him), you will know how to approach the problem. Every cause listed above has a different approach and is typically quite obvious - just do the opposite. What can cause this lack of fire? In other words, why did he lose motivation?

Here are some possible causes:

- losing belief in himself
- getting bored with same drills and same opponents
- not improving (at least noticeably for him)
- having personal / emotional issues with his parents
- losing just one match to lower ranked player (children can be totally unrealistic)
- being overtrained – everywhere just tennis, tennis, tennis and no place for being a child and having fun with other activities
- being pushed too much my coach or parents

And more of course.

When you come up with a good reason (you can also ask him), you will know how to approach the problem.

Every cause listed above has a different approach and is typically quite obvious – just do the opposite.

]]> By: Erika http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Erika Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:32:20 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/24/how-to-improve-your-motivation-for-playing-tennis/#comment-34 Thank you for your response to my question about how to improve motivation in practice. I found your comments very useful, however I think I need to be more specific in order to get a more specific answer. The 10 year-old kid that I know is very much aware of how good he is, he loves tennis, and he knows what it takes. He had never ever had problems at practice before, and he has always loved matches and tournaments, even now. However I have noticed a change in his motivation at practice about 2 months ago. He is still doing what he is told to do, but that unique fire that was so special about him is missing. Again, itis only on the private lessons. Therefore he is not playing as well, but at the tournaments he still seems to do as good as he did before. I know that it will not go like that for long unless he can have his attitude, and fire back on practice. And this brings me back to my question? What can cause this lack of fire? And what can be done to get it back? Thank you for your response to my question about how to improve motivation in practice. I found your comments very useful, however I think I need to be more specific in order to get a more specific answer.
The 10 year-old kid that I know is very much aware of how good he is, he loves tennis, and he knows what it takes. He had never ever had problems at practice before, and he has always loved matches and tournaments, even now. However I have noticed a change in his motivation at practice about 2 months ago. He is still doing what he is told to do, but that unique fire that was so special about him is missing. Again, itis only on the private lessons. Therefore he is not playing as well, but at the tournaments he still seems to do as good as he did before.
I know that it will not go like that for long unless he can have his attitude, and fire back on practice. And this brings me back to my question? What can cause this lack of fire? And what can be done to get it back?

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