If you can make small incremental improvements over time, eventually you’re skill level is going to get better.
Below is a short email I recently received from Arthur, dare I say an avid WebTennis subscriber. Arthur is the kind of player and student who will continue to improve because he’s happy with the learning & improvement process.
One of the many things that Tom Stow helped me understand when I worked with him years ago was that if I continued to practice the right stuff and to so on a regular basis, improvement was a forgone conclusion.
The key for me with Tom was trusting that what he was teaching me was the right stuff.
Once I trusted him, (and with his history of coaching some of the game’s all-time greats, I felt pretty darn confident) I knew that all I had to do was put in my practice time.
What’s my point? There’s a couple of ‘em…
- Commit to and then trust what you think is the right stuff (instruction)
- Don’t try too hard to measure you’re improvement
- If you put in your practice time, you can relax knowing that your eventual improvement is a foregone conclusion
Hi Brent,
Two things I’ve learned from you in the past 30-days.
On the forehand, to get the “palm” of the hand behind the racquet, (back of the hand on a one handed backhand).
This has really made me much more consistent for the racquet face is almost the same most of the time, and telling me to “finish the shot.
By doing that, I now am much looser with my grip because in my mind my objective is to “finish the shot”, not hit the ball.
It’s almost as if the ball just got in the way of the swing.
And it work especially well on serves.
Another check is coming you way!
Keep em coming.
Arthur Q.
It doesn’t matter what “two things” you learn in the next 30 days, what does matter is that you trust the instruction, that you commit to the practice time, and that you relax in knowing that the combo of trust and practice will eventually bring about improvement.
Brent
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