I highly recommend this book for anyone hoping to improve their performance in any realm.
Reading through this book I agree with the author and the conclusions ring true while his analysis of what is important for success is observable. This book is research based and is an excellent perspective for helping students and athletes understand how to achieve a high level of performance. Success often comes down to hard work and focused practiced or what he calls deliberate practice. Many great coaches know that to raise the game of a player it can often be helpful to pick a specific skill and then break down that skill into motions or very specific elements and practice and refine those while adjusting with feedback on performance.
If you want to learn a sport like tennis then the concepts found in this book can add a very useful perspective for improving performance.
This book should be on the shelf of any coach.
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
***** Five Stars
Showing posts with label intensity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intensity. Show all posts
Monday, October 21, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
How to Avoid Over Analyzing While Playing
In response to a situation that comes up often among players still developing their technique they often keep analyzing their strokes while playing. I saw a question online today about this. Here is my suggestion for getting past this.
A reliable Fix:
I've seen many beginners successfully ignore overthinking by naturally being competitively intense. To have your mind occupied with technique while playing a match it means to me that a player needs to learn to focus. Heightened intensity is where your mind has no room for technical concerns.
At an intermediate playing level you need a weapon that won't break down. I'd pick one and work on it until it becomes highly capable of direction, depth, spin, and then speed. The forehand is usually the best stroke for this project. At that point you can implement strategy and forget worrying about form while playing. The other strokes will follow.
Do you need an example of intensity to emulate. Think Rafa Nadal
A reliable Fix:
I've seen many beginners successfully ignore overthinking by naturally being competitively intense. To have your mind occupied with technique while playing a match it means to me that a player needs to learn to focus. Heightened intensity is where your mind has no room for technical concerns.
At an intermediate playing level you need a weapon that won't break down. I'd pick one and work on it until it becomes highly capable of direction, depth, spin, and then speed. The forehand is usually the best stroke for this project. At that point you can implement strategy and forget worrying about form while playing. The other strokes will follow.
Do you need an example of intensity to emulate. Think Rafa Nadal
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