One of the great secrets in learning how to improve your tennis game is to go watch the pros practice. And where can you see the pros practice?
This week I went up to see the qualifying rounds at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. I bought a general admission ticket for $11. And I didn't even bother to go into the stadium and watch any matches.
Instead, I went to the practice courts where in the space of 2 hours I saw both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal practice while standing about 10 feet away.
Name me one other profession where you can see the world's best practicing in public. Do the world's top musicians practice every day in public? Do you get to see a brain surgeon work on his operative technique?
And when you see these amazing athletes up close you learn so much if you watch closely.
Especially as they loosen up -- because here they're doing everything almost in slow motion and you can really focus on their body movements and racket technique.
So next time you really want to glean some amazing tennis knowledge go to a pro tournament and head to the practice courts.
Glenn Sheiner M.D. - author of INSIDER TENNIS STRATEGIES The Ebook guaranteed to make you a smarter tennis player and take your tennis to the next level.
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3 comments:
hello, i would like to ask you why federer wasn't beaten this year exept fron nadal
Well, he just lost to Andy Murray too.
Good tip. I did something similar at last year's Wimbledon. Went on the second day (first day was largely rained off), got in early with a ground pass, and spent a couple of hours watching the pros at the practice courts. Then went around the outside courts, where you can get real close to the action, and got to see some of my favourite players (eg. Santoro, Schnyder, Gonzalez, Wawrinka, ...) up close. Can't think of a better way of spending a day out !
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