No athlete talks to themselves like tennis players‚of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement, which inevitably leads to self-talk, and for me the self-talk starts here in the afternoon shower. – Andre Agassi: Open, 2009, p. 8-9
Tennis is a unique and exciting sport, one that I truly [...]
Reading the book Open autobiography by Andre Agassi; I have to say so far so good. Andre Agassi has always been my true tennis idol. To be able to know how he got into tennis and learn more about the things that he had to go through as a tennis player and as a human [...]
Lifting Weights good or bad for Tennis?
This is a question that I get asked a lot. Whether it’s good to lift weights to get in shape for tennis or better off just to do cardio?
Lifting weights in my opinion does help give you more power and more strength for your tennis game. However, it has [...]
The mental toughness is a very important element in the tennis game. I can’t stress enough of how crucial it is.
How many times have you reached a set point or a match point and you choked? or in other words you became tentative and ended up losing the game? If this happened to you that [...]