| Your tennis strokes are really important, but unless you | | | | to play a few people who are a little better than you |
| learn when and how to use them, along with improving | | | | are. Play these people until you can eventually beat |
| your fitness and mental toughness, you are likely to | | | | them most of the time. Remember that if your |
| end up as one of those players who loves to rally, but | | | | opponent is a much better tennis player than yourself, |
| finds match play in the competitive arena quite a | | | | set your goals accordingly. Instead of beating your |
| challenge. So how do you improve your match play? | | | | opponent set your goal of keeping your opponent on |
| You first need to know exactly what you need to | | | | court for 20 minutes longer, or taking a set of them. |
| improve on, to do this you can have someone watch | | | | Reset your goal to taking two sets of your opponent, |
| you play and observe what they think you can | | | | in the real world your opponent may be improving as |
| improve on. Or you may get a feedback from your | | | | quickly as you are, so get your mind set to battle it out |
| own feelings of how you play. The more you practice | | | | and understand you will have to be playing them for |
| working on your feedback the quicker you are likely to | | | | quite a while. |
| improve in your match play. | | | | Playing a slightly better opponent is very useful |
| Your next step is to set and reset your goals, make | | | | because they will attack your weaknesses, and give |
| sure your goals are achievable and realistic. If you are | | | | you the practice under pressure that you need. You |
| a club player who would like to improve to the next | | | | will also learn to adapt and use your strongest shots |
| level, you can set goals for your shot selection, position, | | | | on the big points. If you finally beat your opponent, then |
| and reading your opponent. You can make up your | | | | repeat this process to improve and develop your |
| own goals there are a lot more to choose from, your | | | | tennis match play even further. Patience is a virtue and |
| mind is a wonderful make sure you use it? Of course | | | | when you are learning, improving and developing it is |
| when you are in match play you can only focus on | | | | even more so? |
| one gaol at a time. | | | | Best wishes have fun and enjoy your tennis. |
| Finally you can improve your match play by choosing | | | | |