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How is Your Tennis Coach Performing? 1 Feb 2013 | 02:41 am
My last post The Formula for Perfect Tennis Practice discussed the 5 key ingredients of world-class practice. My first reaction upon learning these key factors was to realise how inadequate my own pra...
The Formula for Perfect Tennis Practice 23 Jan 2013 | 12:34 pm
Any tennis player knows that the use of repetition is fundamental in tennis practice, and my last post How to Build a Tennis Brain explains why repetition works. Repeated firing of a skill circuit in ...
How To Build A Tennis Brain 16 Jan 2013 | 01:13 pm
One of the great break-throughs in studies of sports performance is the discovery that physical skills improve as a result of physical improvements in the wiring of our brain. This means we can physic...
How To Build A Tennis Brain: Part1 16 Jan 2013 | 01:13 pm
One of the great break-throughs in studies of sports performance is the discovery that physical skills improve as a result of physical improvements in the wiring of our brain. This means we can physic...
The Superstar Effect: Your Rocket Fuel for Success 31 Dec 2012 | 11:53 am
The Superstar Effect MAV2PX564TCR The Superstar Effect refers to a phenomenon where the best performer in a field gets a disproportionate amount of attention compared to other (almost as good) perform...
The Multiplier Effect: Roger Federer’s Secret Weapon 30 Dec 2012 | 08:51 am
Introducing the Multiplier Effect When a child shows slightly above average tennis ability, this will often stimulate encouragement from parents (and coaches) to pursue further training and practice. ...
Why People Love to Believe in Natural Talent 21 Dec 2012 | 06:17 pm
In previous posts we have presented evidence that points to “natural talent” as being largely an illusion. For a recap see the posts on natural talent, the 10,000 hour rule, and unlimited speed and re...
Optimal Duration of Practice for Tennis Players 6 Jul 2012 | 10:02 am
High Quality Practice is Difficult Authentic high quality practice can only be sustained for limited periods of time. Why? Because it’s hard. Not always physically, but mentally. The formula outlined...
The Tennis Parent’s Guide to Motivation: 9 Lessons 5 Jul 2012 | 08:39 am
Completing hour after hour of difficult deliberate practice for a decade or more, and sacrificing play and leisure time to do it, requires a huge amount of motivation. The findings of Benjamin Bloom, ...
Every Tennis Parent Needs Help: How to Get It 4 Jul 2012 | 10:19 pm
Producing a top tennis player requires a huge investment of time and money from parents. These investments will be beyond the means of almost all parents, and supporting the schedule of an aspiring at...
