It’s really important for us to stay in our best conditioned shape – especially when we’re expected to play all-day tournaments of a 5-game match! Check out some of our favorite and useful conditioning drills!1. Butterfly drill. The butterfly drill is a good drill to improve conditioning because it keeps everyone moving pretty much the…
“Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. THOUGHT: What messages do we give when we honk from behind?” On a sports team, the upperclassman are usually the captains and the underclassman do not have much say about what goes on with the team. If a freshman tries…
Imagery: An Incredible Tool for your Mental ToolbeltBaseball is a particularly visual sport. Known as the Game of Inches, it is famous for bang-bang plays and amazingly fast action. However, baseball’s intense play is very broken up throughout the game. Each piece of action is rarely over a minute in length and is often separated…
When focusing on mindset training, we place a large emphasis on setting goals. Maybe your goal is to win Wimbledon, be the first singles player from your high school to win a state title, or maybe its just breaking into the starting lineup. However, it can seem contradictory that another major mindset pillar is to…
A story from Kathy Hadley:“A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question.Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired, “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged…
When you are competing in tennis, it is easy to get wrapped up in the match. However, when you lose a particular game, set, or maybe even a string of matches in a short amount of time, you could easily get discouraged and assume that just because you have lost before, you are bound to…