{"id":59,"date":"2004-08-26T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2004-08-27T06:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninarota.com\/tennis\/?p=59"},"modified":"2004-08-26T22:34:28","modified_gmt":"2004-08-27T06:34:28","slug":"work-harder-feel-like-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ninarota.com\/tennis\/work-harder-feel-like-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"work harder, feel like a winner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In league<\/a> play I play two sets, one set of singles and one set of doubles. Since it’s important to work harder in practice than in a match, I played four sets today and did sprints<\/a> afterward. Derek Jeter<\/a> takes batting practice 5 times a day. Jerry Rice<\/a> does a 5 mile uphill run ending with 40 meter uphill sprints at the top and does a weight workout totaling 610 reps. On the same day. I’m not suggesting I could even survive a 5 mile vertical run and it probably takes me two months to do 610 reps of anything, but my game won’t improve if my conditioning doesn’t.<\/p>\n

I do a lot of mental rehearsal<\/a> of my tennis strokes. Today I realized that I had never rehearsed, or you could say visualized, winning a match. What would I do to celebrate? What would it feel like? Strangely enough, I had great difficulty with this exercise. I just kind of walked off the court. No wave to my adoring crowd or throwing my shirt into the stands (thankfully). This tells me that I don’t feel like a winner, that I don’t act like a winner during a match and therefore I am not likely to win a lot. I would say that it’s an important first step. I’ll work on it.<\/p>\n

Practice and Competition Report<\/em>: played four sets with T, he gives me 3 games a set because he’s that much better than I am: 3-6, 4-6, 4-6, 5-7
\nSolutions Analysis<\/em>:
\n1. Looking for a solution to my backhand<\/a> popping up in the air. I am probably breaking my wrist when I hit it.
\n2. Looking for a solution to hitting my cross court winner<\/a> consistently wide.
\nSuccess Analysis<\/em>: T hits a lot of high topspin shots. Sometimes they land near the baseline then go over my head into the fence at which point it’s a bit late to hit the ball. I did a better job figuring out when to back off and hit a high bouncing shot or when to come in and take these shots on the fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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