“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” – Alan Lakein Having a plan increases your chance of success dramatically. Many students have fantastic goals and well-intentioned desires, but no plan to be able to follow through on. Success is calculated and constantly worked towards. If you don’t have a plan, you can’t expect to be…
5 Steps To Overcoming Nerves: Let’s first start by getting on the record that being nervous is not always a bad thing. All athletes experience feelings before competition that lead to nerves, but more importantly how you react to the feelings or thoughts is what makes the difference in your performance. “If you have…
5 Steps To Mentally Recovering After An Injury The moments following an injury can be very crucial in an athlete’s career. Most often athletes are completely devastated and never seem to regroup while others come back even better than before their injury. Here are some ways to mentally recover from an injury in order…
Tournaments and matches can provide an extremely stressful environment. If not handled properly, tournament and match anxiety can seriously inhibit your ability to perform. You put too much hard work and training into perfecting your game simply to be held back by nerves and anxiety. Here are five steps that you can take to prevent…
People have a tendency to establish a routine, and when things become routine, they often lose the careful attention that they deserve. Think of the first time that you got behind the wheel of a car. You were likely nervous and incredibly attentive. After driving for an extended period of time, you became…
It is vital to your success in tennis that you surround yourself with people who share a commitment to you achieving your goal. It is so easy to allow yourself to water down your goals as well as modify the plan you put into place to achieve your goals. Without being held accountable, many allow…