I didn’t talk about breathing as a way to build self-confidence in my book The Confidence Journey. What follows will give you yet another tool to train this precious skill. One of the many ways to access confidence, to actually feel confident almost immediately, is to imagine being someone else. Pick your hero, imitate him, […]
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To me, if you wish to improve the most in your tennis, these are the places to focus your training: mental toughness relaxation endurance power footwork strategic intelligence Now, I don’t know for YOUR training, and what I’ve observed is that most people focus a lot on their techniques, which is certainly important, and definitely
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The Main Issues in Tennis Training at High Level For having been on the Junior Tennis Tour the last 3 years, I’ve realized a few important things about tennis training: most players and coaches train in the same manner all year long!.. as a consequence, everyone knows how to serve then hit hard from the
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Why Is Sleep So Important Ok. You train hard. Lift weights. Run. Improve your movements and skills. In short: you think you do everything you can to make your dreams come true. The thing is: is it true? Well, while I congratulate you for your efforts, there might be a big thing you’ve been missing
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This article is meant to be read by a tennis player who has big ambition. Adapt what is said to your situation: the principles are the same. “He’s different.” “He plays as if he doesn’t care sometimes.”“He makes a drop shot, and then he stops moving, as if he’s going to have a coffee!” This kind
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You Don’t Need Confidence Confidence is not important for performance, it’s overrated. It doesn’t help. Actually, we need to fight Confidence, Confidence is as bad if not more than strength training, relaxation and visualisation all together! Do I get your attention here? Ok, we’re still in the week of April fool so here we go!
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(here above is the lessons in video. Below in writing, more detailed.) October 1991: I’m 14 years old, and it seems like finally I can be free. I’ve made a big decision and my coach has agreed to do it: I’m changing my backhand, from 2 hands to 1 hand!, big deal for me. Why?
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Warning: breathing is a big deal. Which means if you are not careful, you might pay the consequences. Therefore, I share what I’ve learned here with you, at the same time I’m not responsible for you. You are. SO, be smart, and if what I suggest is not appropriate for you, don’t do it. Or
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Amazon link here While Extreme Ownership is a great book to build confidence in a masculine way, Courage,by Debbie Ford, is its equivalent for the feminine side of it. Indeed while the former is all about discipline, strategy and order, this one is about accepting, feeling and going beyond our ego-sense. To me, both are important
After the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, I’ve had lots of thoughts about it. Things like: “What can I do to change the world?” “Why are we killing each others?” “Am I really doing what I’m supposed to do in this life? These self interrogations and discussions with my closed ones has lead me to
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I’m finishing to read these 2 books: Mindset, by Carol Dweck Bounce, by Matthew Syed The main idea is that there is a difference that makes all the differences in terms of results, performances, well-being, relationships. And we can all make it happen: shifting from what Carol Dweck called a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset. What?
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Today I’m sharing 3 Techniques That I’ve Just (re)learned For Peak Performance, based on my experience here in Nimes for a tennis camp with teenagers. Watch The Video Here Or Listen To The Audio Version Here Read The Explanations Here Technique #1: Load- Load- Deload In order to reach our highest potential, I believe we