Comments on: Winning In Practice But Losing In Matches http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/30/winning-in-practice-but-losing-in-matches/ A Tennis Pro Sharing Tips And Thoughts About Tennis Instruction, Strategy and Mental Game Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tomaz http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/30/winning-in-practice-but-losing-in-matches/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Tomaz Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:41:15 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/30/winning-in-practice-but-losing-in-matches/#comment-232 Hi Rafa, One of the mental traps you fall into is "How am I going to beat him?" After you play for a while it seems more and more obvious that this will be very hard and thus you get frustrated. How about if you aks yourself a question:"How is HE going to beat me?" Just start with that and see what happens. Here are some more helpful articles about pushers: http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/07/24/how-to-win-against-pushers/ http://www.tennismindgame.com/strategy-answers.html Hi Rafa,

One of the mental traps you fall into is “How am I going to beat him?” After you play for a while it seems more and more obvious that this will be very hard and thus you get frustrated.

How about if you aks yourself a question:”How is HE going to beat me?” Just start with that and see what happens. Here are some more helpful articles about pushers:

http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/07/24/how-to-win-against-pushers/

http://www.tennismindgame.com/strategy-answers.html

]]> By: Rafa Fan http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/30/winning-in-practice-but-losing-in-matches/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Rafa Fan Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:11:57 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/30/winning-in-practice-but-losing-in-matches/#comment-227 Hello. I am 18 yrs old and i have a great problem! hehe. I always play the final of the championship in my country against the same player. The number 1 seed. He is 1 year young dan me. He is small than me, slower, and weaker. He bases his game on playing back 1000 balls every rally forcing me to go for too much and make the error. Kinda like Fed and Rafa situation. I find myself that I can serve 95% 1st serve in training, and den in the match I cannot hold serve once!!! And the whole tournament and the week before I cannot lose serve and hit 15 aces a match. I also find that in training I am able to relax and beat this guy, but in the match with the whole atmosphere that there is at his club where we play, and the stupid thoughts that come into my head telling me to play some things that I never train (mind you he plays exactly where I am not comfortable, slows down the game etc). I have lost to him 4 times in a row now in competition but I would really like to change this, so please someone help its all I think about!!!!!! Regards Hello. I am 18 yrs old and i have a great problem! hehe. I always play the final of the championship in my country against the same player. The number 1 seed. He is 1 year young dan me. He is small than me, slower, and weaker. He bases his game on playing back 1000 balls every rally forcing me to go for too much and make the error. Kinda like Fed and Rafa situation. I find myself that I can serve 95% 1st serve in training, and den in the match I cannot hold serve once!!! And the whole tournament and the week before I cannot lose serve and hit 15 aces a match. I also find that in training I am able to relax and beat this guy, but in the match with the whole atmosphere that there is at his club where we play, and the stupid thoughts that come into my head telling me to play some things that I never train (mind you he plays exactly where I am not comfortable, slows down the game etc). I have lost to him 4 times in a row now in competition but I would really like to change this, so please someone help its all I think about!!!!!!

Regards

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