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Getting in the 'Zone' - A Player's Perspective

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Getting in the 'Zone' - A Player's Perspective

Every competitive tennis player has experienced playing in the “zone” at some point in their career. You feel dynamic, but calm and relaxed. You have a feeling of strength, confidence and invulnerability. You take pleasure in the match and the battle at hand, without worrying about losing, or even winning for that matter. You forget about technical flaws, you focus on the ball and your target. In the end, you just play, and everything seems to flow, in so much that you might even lose track of time and the score. Seem familiar?

Whether you’ve experienced the zone during a competitive match or not, many will agree that the feelings I just described represent an ideal mental state to play elite level tennis. So what if I told you that you could get in the zone on command?

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Applying a Motor Learning Theory to Tennis Skill Development

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Applying a Motor Learning Theory to Tennis Skill Development

When beginners first start playing tennis, their movements are rather mechanical. While many coaches appear frustrated, this process is totally normal. Why so? Early on, a beginner uses a lot of conscious effort in order to complete a task. But with exposure (and hopefully proper instruction), their movements begin to stabilize...and eventually, after considerable time, they don’t even have to think about their actions, they simply ‘do it’.

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