Mental Toughness For Tennis

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Mental Toughness For Tennis

By Thomas Jay Daniels
How many matches are you losing now, because you are choking under pressure? I know, more then you want to admit here today, but don't worry, after reading this article you will be on your way to grinding out more matches my friend.

Mental toughness is talked about all the time, but never practice enough to help us understand what role it plays in our matches. Tennis is a non-fist mental contest were you are trying to break the will of your opponent, until he doesn't want to compete anymore, never lose sight of this. Make that be your goal from today forward, get so mentally tough that before a ball is hit your opponent knows that they are in for a battle, that's mental toughness. Become obsess with making this a habit by practicing it everyday for the next 21 days in your workouts, it takes about 30 days to make it a habit, so don't let up until you reach 21 days.

Okay, so how do you become more mentally tough? It starts with faith and belief, (He can, who thinks he can!) just as (who thinks he can't, can't) that's simple isn't it? But few player really get this mindset and as a result, their game suffers for it, so start talking to yourself positive all day 24/7, self-talk build up your self-image which helps you become more mentally tough. The reason you are losing now or your game is breaking down is because of your lack of faith and confidence in your game, the great thing is you can turn that around in 21 days if you are determined to make it happen. See, we are all so fragile mentally that we can't take it for granted at all, control your thought and you control your results.

Now lets come up with a game plan, first take the 21 mental day test, for the next 21 days don't think or say anything about your game that you don't wish to be true, if you do you have to start all over again. Don't worry, the first few time you will not be able to do it, but don't stop until you pass this test okay! Also get everybody in your family on the same page, maybe all you guys can do it together to help them become more positive too. Also it rid of all the people who strain your energy in life now, time to take a full inventory of the people in your life and ask yourself, does this person empower me or weaken me.

 Also, start reading books on successful people and take note on what makes them mentally tough and copy them, reach out to someone you admire too and ask for help, tell them what you are doing and they will help you, if they know you are serious about it. As for as practice, start to fight for every point like its do or die, time to stop giving yourself a pass and don't tolerate any weakness in yourself. We all have powers that are lock up inside of us, but we have to push ourselves to do more so we can tap into this hidden power and release it. This is what mental toughness is all about folks, its tapping into the greatness that is inside you and letting it shine! Unfortunately most people die with their music still inside of them, promise yourself today that you won't let that happen. But first you must commit or you will always quit.

Now that you have passed the test and gotten all the negative people out of your life, lets put it all together, get a vision of the type of player that you want to become, this vision has to be clear, while you are doing this go to a quiet place where you can be alone and meditate on this for a while. After you have the vision, act like you are already that player, walk, talk and play just like you think that player would. Let me tell you the power of this method, after a month you will actually become that player! Get it? Read that can and let it sink in your mind, because that's what this article is all about. And that's what mental toughness is all about, see we are all actors on this great stage call life, act like a loser and you will lose, act like a winner and you will win more and often my friend. All it takes is doing it over and over until you become it.

Let me congratulate you before you start on this journey, because the future is going to be amazing when you become mentally tough able to separate yourself from the average players out there, that never buy into this whole process, because they want someone to rely on, no, success is a INSIDE JOB!

Lets me leave you with this question, and ask yourself this everyday, ("I'm I living up to my full potential"?) yeah, its impossible to fool yourself.

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