| There are so many millions of people who play tennis | | | | See each of your tennis strokes, feel each tennis |
| everyday throughout the world. They play in public | | | | stroke, and experience each and every tennis stroke |
| parks, country clubs, private tennis courts, and anything | | | | you hit with confidence. Repeat this each time pre and |
| in between (i.e. against a wall). | | | | post tennis game or match. By so doing, you are |
| Tennis is the only sport I know that begins with love | | | | training your mind or inner game to manifest itself in |
| and is a sport for a lifetime. I remember the great | | | | your outer game or physical game. Tennis is a mind |
| Sugar Daddy, Bobby Riggs who said in one of the | | | | game once you have learned all the fundamentals of |
| many tennis clinics he taught, "Tennis is a sport you | | | | each tennis stroke. |
| can play from cradle to grave." | | | | Third, watch the big players or your favorite tennis pro |
| Why do people enjoy playing tennis? I believe because | | | | on the ATP or WTA tour and copy their tennis style. |
| it is a classy sport. It is a sport you can play for as | | | | Watch YouTube videos or television footage of your |
| short as 15 minutes or as long as 3 to 5 hours, it all | | | | favorite player over and over again until you emulate |
| depends on your ability level and motivation. I was | | | | their movements. One of my favorite players to watch |
| fortunate enough to play professional tennis. I had a | | | | when I was playing competitive tennis was John |
| world ranking in the ATP Tennis of 662 in singles and | | | | McEnroe (USA) and Guillermo Villas (Argentina). I use |
| 457 in doubles. I had wins over players ranked in the | | | | to watch McEnroe's serve and literally copy his serve. I |
| top 200 in singles in the world and wins over players | | | | would watch Villas hit his ground strokes over and |
| ranked in the top 50 in doubles. | | | | over again until I was mirroring Guillermo Villas' ground |
| In this article, I want to provide you with the three | | | | strokes. It was usually after watching these great |
| secrets to playing your best tennis. Of course, there | | | | tennis players in a grand slam event that I mirrored |
| are more than three secrets, but three secrets are | | | | their mannerisms. After all, why event the wheel, copy |
| enough to help you play better tennis. | | | | what the big players do and do the same. Of course, |
| First, there is no substitute to practicing, practicing, over | | | | as your tennis game matures, you will begin to develop |
| and over and over again. Practice is the seed to | | | | your own style and preferences. |
| building confidence! When you practice in addition to | | | | So, there you are the three secrets you want to know |
| playing tennis regularly, you will feel a sense of | | | | to playing your best tennis! Remember, there is no |
| accomplishment, you will feel that you deserve to win | | | | substitute to practicing each and every day in addition |
| because you know for yourself that you have been | | | | to playing regularly tennis matches. Begin today if you |
| investing the time to improve your game. So, practice | | | | do not already do so; visualize yourself hitting the |
| at least two to three hours extra a week if you are a | | | | tennis ball with each and every tennis stroke perfectly |
| club tennis player. If you are a tournament player you | | | | until you are confident in your mind and in your heart |
| should practice at least 15 hours a week, which equals | | | | that you can execute it with ease and confidence. |
| to 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. | | | | And, finally, do not reinvent the wheel, copy the tennis |
| Second, visualize yourself hitting the tennis ball | | | | players on the tennis tour by watching their tennis until |
| perfectly. Imagine yourself in the movie screen of your | | | | can have someone say on the side line, "Hey, that |
| mind that you are moving side to side, running forward | | | | person hits the ball like Roger Federer or Maria |
| and backward, hitting each ball with perfect accuracy. | | | | Sharapova." Before you know it you will be winning |
| Visualize your forehand, backhand ground strokes | | | | your club tournaments and filling your shelves with |
| being hit over the net with 3 to 5 feet clearance. | | | | trophies. |
| Picture every stroke you hit with perfect ball control. | | | | |