What is your Excuse of Choice When Losing a Match? - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-28T13:59:39Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/what-is-your-excuse-of-choice?feed=yes&xn_auth=noSearching the net I found TNA…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-03:1869403:Comment:5050842011-02-03T08:51:56.242Zakajohnhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CristianIonut
<p>Searching the net I found TNA- Training Needs Analysis... maybe this is the right thing?</p>
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<p>Anyhow, usually when I'm going for training on the field (with my trainer or a partner) I usually try to focus on specific game situations and I usually insist on some drills or things that can help different parts of my game (as backhand or inside the court hits) but never on mental things. And actually my trainer told me one time that usually when I'm in the lead everything works great…</p>
<p>Searching the net I found TNA- Training Needs Analysis... maybe this is the right thing?</p>
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<p>Anyhow, usually when I'm going for training on the field (with my trainer or a partner) I usually try to focus on specific game situations and I usually insist on some drills or things that can help different parts of my game (as backhand or inside the court hits) but never on mental things. And actually my trainer told me one time that usually when I'm in the lead everything works great and is very hard to stop me and usually when I'm behind I have hard times to recover... Actually I become much more defensive and carefully with my hits but in this case I lose some good opportunities to finish the point...</p> no, I don't understand ;)tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-02:1869403:Comment:5048922011-02-02T20:12:26.415Zakajohnhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CristianIonut
no, I don't understand ;)
no, I don't understand ;) you know what the secret is f…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-02:1869403:Comment:5046842011-02-02T13:17:11.253ZCoachV - William Vazquezhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CoachV
<p>you know what the secret is for a guy to focus is, right?...</p>
<p>TNA</p>
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<p>you know what the secret is for a guy to focus is, right?...</p>
<p>TNA</p>
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<p> </p> I have the same the habit to…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-02:1869403:Comment:5046492011-02-02T07:49:19.721Zakajohnhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CristianIonut
I have the same the habit to talk to myself and have jokes about my hits but when I'm playing double I'm trying to be quiet not to disturb my team-mate ;) Anyhow I found out that when I'm quiet I can focus better even in singles and usually my most stupid games were the ones I was talking too much... So, my latest approach is just sometimes to talk to myself and most of the times to be quiet... Works better :) Sure, all the time the fun is mandatory :D
I have the same the habit to talk to myself and have jokes about my hits but when I'm playing double I'm trying to be quiet not to disturb my team-mate ;) Anyhow I found out that when I'm quiet I can focus better even in singles and usually my most stupid games were the ones I was talking too much... So, my latest approach is just sometimes to talk to myself and most of the times to be quiet... Works better :) Sure, all the time the fun is mandatory :D Nice reply. Focus is one aspe…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-02:1869403:Comment:5045702011-02-02T04:09:57.758ZCoachV - William Vazquezhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CoachV
<p>Nice reply. Focus is one aspect of the game that has many different views. </p>
<p>Focus can be on yourself, your opponent & your environment. So Learning how to focus and keep it varies between players.</p>
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<p>I focus better when I trash talk or play around. ( Cuz Im having fun! ) so in singles I talk to myself, ( and try to keep focus that way), but in doubles I've got Jokes the whole time for my partner about me, him, points missed and hit, and the match. ( aka the opponents…</p>
<p>Nice reply. Focus is one aspect of the game that has many different views. </p>
<p>Focus can be on yourself, your opponent & your environment. So Learning how to focus and keep it varies between players.</p>
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<p>I focus better when I trash talk or play around. ( Cuz Im having fun! ) so in singles I talk to myself, ( and try to keep focus that way), but in doubles I've got Jokes the whole time for my partner about me, him, points missed and hit, and the match. ( aka the opponents )</p>
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<p>but the great thing about Focus being an excuse is that it can be worked on. Real excuses are Like this: a wise person once said ( i think Einstein ) I am limited in what I can learn and do but Stupidity is limitless. or something like that.</p> for me usually is focus loosi…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-02-01:1869403:Comment:5042742011-02-01T15:51:11.469Zakajohnhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CristianIonut
<p>for me usually is focus loosing excuse :) sometimes even I win or lose I have the feeling that I'm loosing my focus... let's say that I got stolen by the game and I liked so much what I was doing or I was so scared about that I lost my focus and scrambled everything after...</p>
<p>Why I'm saying that is because I had matches that I had 5-1 in first set and I lost the set with 7-5 and in the same match in second set again I had 5-1 and I wake up in time and won the set with 6-4... So, in…</p>
<p>for me usually is focus loosing excuse :) sometimes even I win or lose I have the feeling that I'm loosing my focus... let's say that I got stolen by the game and I liked so much what I was doing or I was so scared about that I lost my focus and scrambled everything after...</p>
<p>Why I'm saying that is because I had matches that I had 5-1 in first set and I lost the set with 7-5 and in the same match in second set again I had 5-1 and I wake up in time and won the set with 6-4... So, in that day I knew that I could easily win that match (a 2-0 win with 6-1, 6-1) but to some moment I was lost in space... As far as I'm playing with similar value players (a little bit better or worst than me) the only difference in matches is done by focus. As far as I can be focused and do my best every hit I can win the game or at least not lose it by myself... Anyway, at my level usually you are loosing a match rather than other is winning it... So, my usual excuse is "what the hell I was thinking at?" :)</p>
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<p>The best prove is the service... Usually I have a very good first service but in a normal game I have around 40-50% successful first service... But when is needed to serve for set or I need a very good serve I can say that the rate is going 80-90% and usually I serve aces (even 2 in a game) or an easy point... Last time it was happening in a double game when it was 5-4 (first set) for us and I was serving and it was a straight game to 15 with very good 5 first serves and just one point lost... So, for me clear is focus the excuse and reason...</p> The excuse for the toomuchcof…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-01-04:1869403:Comment:4939792011-01-04T01:23:02.773ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
The excuse for the toomuchcoffeeman, if he played tennis, is: "I drank too much coffee, man!"…<br></br>
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The excuse for the toomuchcoffeeman, if he played tennis, is: "I drank too much coffee, man!"<br/>
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</blockquote> I drank too much coffee man. tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-01-04:1869403:Comment:4939772011-01-04T01:19:52.197ZCoachV - William Vazquezhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CoachV
I drank too much coffee man. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127140283?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127140283?profile=original" width="250"/></a>
I drank too much coffee man. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127140283?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127140283?profile=original" width="250"/></a> Hmm you re right Repost it in…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-01-04:1869403:Comment:4939752011-01-04T01:16:53.638ZCoachV - William Vazquezhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CoachV
Hmm you re right Repost it in there for me.<br></br>
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<cite>Mark / Mr. Mayor said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/what-is-your-excuse-of-choice?xg_source=activity&id=1869403%3ATopic%3A479360&page=2#1869403Comment493887"><div><p> </p>
<p><br></br>Those belong in the <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:149142" target="_self">One-Liner Tennis Tips</a> thread!</p>
<p>Watch out - you can get lost in there!</p>
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Hmm you re right Repost it in there for me.<br/>
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<cite>Mark / Mr. Mayor said:</cite><br />
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<p><br/>Those belong in the <a href="http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:149142" target="_self">One-Liner Tennis Tips</a> thread!</p>
<p>Watch out - you can get lost in there!</p>
<p><br/> <cite>CoachV - William Vazquez said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/what-is-your-excuse-of-choice?xg_source=activity&id=1869403%3ATopic%3A479360&page=2#1869403Comment493881"><div><p>CoachV quote: See the ball, be the ball, Be well rounded.</p>
<p>Also Bruce Lee said it best,Be water my friend.<br/> <br/></p>
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</blockquote> William, I didn't see your fi…tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-01-03:1869403:Comment:4938882011-01-03T22:57:10.441ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>William, I didn't see your final on your Tennisopolis blog or your website, but I did see you rallying in a youtube. Nice solid backhand there.</p>
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<p>"See the ball, be the ball, be well rounded". Excellent! I like "be the ball" especially.</p>
<p><br/> Yes, "be like water" is a phrase I use for everything, tennis, boxing, poetry.<br/> So is that why you say, "Top Rank", a reference to boxing?</p>
<p>William, I didn't see your final on your Tennisopolis blog or your website, but I did see you rallying in a youtube. Nice solid backhand there.</p>
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<p>"See the ball, be the ball, be well rounded". Excellent! I like "be the ball" especially.</p>
<p><br/> Yes, "be like water" is a phrase I use for everything, tennis, boxing, poetry.<br/> So is that why you say, "Top Rank", a reference to boxing?</p>