Ol’ Coach Mauro hits the nail on the head with that video!

But even if you are not a junior tournament player, you should still demand the best of yourself and work hard to achieve what you want.

We tennis players, as a breed, always believe we can improve – always believe we can pull off ‘the shot’ that will make THE difference in the match we are playing.

But we often don’t prepare ourselves to earn the right to be able to EXPECT to pull off that shot.

(i.e., we don’t put in the WORK)

We feel that out of the blue, that maybe, just maybe…TODAY will be the day that everything ‘clicks’, and we ‘get it’…and we magically start to ‘paint the lines’ with the tennis ball, as our opponents frantically but futilely attempt to run down our shots, like we see so often on television.

Maybe…

Just maybe…today will be the day.

So WILL it happen this way for you?

Nope.

It CAN happen for you – but NOT they way I described above – which is how most people approach the situation.

There are no magic pills or potions.

No magic wands…or pixie dust…or tennis lottery tickets to be had (although we DO make it A LOT easier for you!).

That’s reality.

So can you improve?

Can you start playing better than you ever thought previously?

Yes.

You CAN become a fantastic tennis player.

You can do it.

You can become the player you always dreamed about.

BUT – you can only do it if you BELIEVE you can do it; if you BELIEVE it is possible, and if you BELIEVE in YOURSELF.

You must believe that your success on the tennis court – however you define it – is actually possible.

Felix Dennis, a BILLIONAIRE (and the richest man in the UK) who started with nothing, outlines his principles for success. These should be applied to your endeavors on the tennis court as well :

“Absolute belief in yourself is vital if you are
to succeed.

Absolute belief in yourself despite all your
faults – many of which you will not know – all
your weaknesses; despite what your parents
and teachers told you; despite what your friends
and colleagues tell you; despite what your lover
tells you; despite your own failures up to now;
despite everything that life has thrown at you.

If you will only banish fear – and fear of failure –
to the darkest recesses of your mind, I promise
you – you can do it; and no one can stop you
from doing it.

We all fear failure; I fear it still! I have always
feared it.

But such fear itself is not the problem; it is the
paralysis that comes from such fear which is
the real problem.

The paralysis that grows into a mountain you
shrink from climbing.

That fear is real.

The fear of embarrassing yourself; of people
laughing at you; the fear of letting down yourself
and your family and your colleagues and maybe
even your employees; the fear of losing the money
you borrowed, or begged…or stole.

The fear of failing in the open, where there is nowhere
to hide…and no one else to blame.

This is the fear you must confront; that you must entice,
capture, chain and eventually padlock into a secret
chamber of your soul.

It will still call to you; it calls to me!

You will hear it’s echoes from from time-to-time,
believe me.

But by then you will be far up the mountain,
that its cries will only serve to spur you on,
rather than paralyzing you with doubt.

Confront fear of failure.

Confront it head on.

Stare it straight in it’s feral eye.

Wrestle with it.

Master it.

Master it as best you can.

Batter it into submission and harness it into
becoming your secret weapon.

A goad.

A scourge…to keep you working longer hours
than your friends can believe.

Harder than your colleagues can comprehend.

Harder than you ever dreamed you could work.

In the years to come, you will thank that fear.

The fear that drove you to achieve what you feel
was impossible.”

What, then should you do now?

If you have overcome your fears, you are willing to do what is necessary to achieve the results you want.

What comes next is a plan – an understanding of the steps you need to take in order to achieve that which you desire.

Felix has something to say on this, and this is where the rubber meets the road:

“You have to have a clear understanding of what it is you are
trying to do, and you must understand – step by step – HOW
you are going to do it. You have to have a clear methodology
in front of you. You have to have a clear understanding of what
it is you’re going to do and the steps you are going to take to
do it.

While you never give up on your goal…where you’re trying
to reach, what you’re trying to do…you might have to change
the methodology.

If something isn’t working, then what sorts the man or woman
who’s going to succeed – from the man or woman who’s just
going to have tried it once, failed and dream about it – is your
ability, as with all human activity, to adapt.

So you’re going to say ‘Okay, this isn’t working. We’ve got to
change our methodology, we’ve got to change our direction, we’ve
got to try something else that’s going to make this damn thing
work!’

If you’re willing to do that, and keep trying…and if you’re willing
to change until it starts working, then they cannot stop you –
for the very simple reason that in the end, you WILL get it right.”

I am in complete agreement with ol’ Felix here; sufficient motivation, and application of the above principles will put you A LOT closer to achieving your tennis goals.

If you are familiar with any of our teachings, then you KNOW we are all about building that firm foundation – a methodology, if you will – that will allow you to start playing some AWESOME tennis.

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We look forward to helping you get the most out of YOUR game!

See you on the courts!

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