Author: Colin Pike

Article:
If you will learn how your tennis opponent thinks, and apply it
in your own game, you will understand better how the external
causes can influence your mind and your game. If you want to
understand how his mind works, first you have to understand your
own mental processes and study how it will affect you if
happened in different circumstances.

Both you and your opponent will react differently in different
situations. Pay attention on how your game works when you are
nervous, satisfied or confused. Do you have a good reaction? If
so, do not let the other one know it. If it interferes with your
concentration, ignore it or remove the cause. When you will know
for sure how you react at different stimulus, study your
opponent from the same point of view.

In case your opponent has the same temperament as you, it is
more likely that his reactions will be similar to yours.
Controlling your mental processes gives you the best chance to
notice those of the other. You can control ones mental processes
if you have studied it for some while.

A phlegmatic player is a keen observer and thinker. That is why
you will see that the physical appearance is usually related to
the type of mind. An easy-going man who enjoys playing the
baseline game adopts this tactic because he thinks this is the
safest method of reaching the net. Other players adopt a
different technique: to stay in the back and attack to break the
opponents game. This is a worthful opponent, a deep thinker.

He has a complex game by mixing length with direction. The two
types of players are completely different: the first one hits
the ball by chance and has no system of attack, while the other
always has a plan and he sticks to it. The opponent you should
be afraid is the one who changes the place all the time from
back to fore court, it is a real interesting case to study. He
has a certain purpose, he can exit any difficult situation with
a genius reply, and he has a viewpoint hard to guess, because he
never allows himself to think at anything beside his game.

When we look back and try to understand our actions, we think at
all good shots we had, but we never think about what might of
been if we would gain the shots we missed. Sometimes, a miss by
the inch has a bigger value than a failure of the return from
your opponent. In tennis, if the opponent sends the tennis ball
with an angle-shot out of court. You try to reach it and miss by
an inch. That moment leads your opponent to think that your shot
might have gone in as out and takes the wrong decision to play
the ball. You managed to increase his chance of error.

If you just managed to send back that ball and your opponent
would kill it, we would of felt confident that you are not as
good at getting the ball out of his reach. It you do that, you
get one points from your opponent, and still gets him to worry
about missing that chance.

In tennis, both adversaries start with the same chances. When
one of them takes the lead, he has greater confidence, while his
opponent worries. He will think now only at how to maintain his
lead and the other one tries to pull ahead. If he manages to do
that, his confidence will increase because he begun to change a
defeat into a probable victory. The tennis psychology is
interesting and easy to understand and you can apply it in your
own games to see if it works.

About the author:
Colin writes about various topics ranging from TennisTips to financial related subjects. For more writings by him, visit: Sporting Articles

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