It's the ultimate challenge.
All serious tennis players want to play better tennis, work on their tennis games, and improve. At the same time, almost all serious tennis players are very competitive and hate to lose tennis matches.
Guess what? The two motivations totally conflict.
From what I've seen there are very few players who will continue to try and work on new aspects of their tennis games while they are losing IF THEY KNOW THEY COULD BE WINNING BY DOING THE SAME OLD THING THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE!
It takes guts to have a longer term perspective and accept defeat today on the tennis court in order to gain victory in the future.
Having said all that, here are a few strategies that you can use while you're trying to improve your tennis skills while at the same time continuing to win matches.
Tennis Strategy 1.
Play down a level. Start playing the players you know you can beat fairly easily.
There is usually less pressure on you and if you are losing you can just switch back to your old patterns to win the match.
Tennis Strategy 2.
Play the set score. Let's say you're ahead 4-love in a set. You can try some new things even if it's going to cost you a game or two. You're still likely to win the set.
Tennis Strategy 3.
Play the game score. Let's say you're ahead 40-love in a game. You can use the next point to try the new option you're working on. Even if you lose the point, you're likely to win the game.
These are 3 ways for you to improve your tennis game, play better tennis, and still win matches.
To read more about tennis tips and playing better tennis here are a few web pages to visit:
Tennis Tips
How To Play Tennis
Glenn Sheiner M.D. - author of Tennis Tactics And Tips Ebook guaranteed to make you a smarter tennis player and take your tennis to the next level.
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