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This newsletter comes in two languages: English and Slovenian. You'll learn new tennis mental tips, find out solutions to common tennis challenges in the Q&A section and be the first to know what's new on the TennisMindGame.com website.

Ta newsletter bo izhajal v dveh jezikih: anglescini in slovenscini. V njem bodo povezave do novosti na TennisMindGame spletni strani, ker bo vecina v obeh jezikih.

Za slovensko verzijo se pomakni navzdol po emailu!

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Hi,

There is a great tennis blog that I recommend you check out this week. It's called Regentville and it is moderated by Nawin Singh.

He is obviously a big fan of tennis and knows the game really well. You'll find lots of information about current tennis events, racquet and shoes reviews and even how to cure a tennis elbow.

As with all blogs you can subscribe with your favourite RSS reader and stay in touch with all the latest on regentville.com.

As for the articles on TMG; I am working on a video article about the origin of tennis technique with lots of short video clips for easier understanding.

There are no new articles this week on TennisMindGame.com, but I do have two more in the work. One will focous more on tennis training is what is the purpose of it and the other is about our expectations before the match and what kind of approach works best.

I would also like to thank all of you who sent me feedback on the How To Play Tennis Videos.

Here is what Benjamin said:

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I really enjoyed the video on learning. You were right on the mark with this video. I have integrated my method as: information, review visual modeling, practice shadow stroking without balls, then practice, practice, practice.

Please make more video/learning/training tennis content.

Thank you very much for your tennis provisions.

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I would appreciate if anyone sends me a testimonial that I could use on the page. Of course, if you found that your game or technique has improved as a result of this video instruction guide.

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2. Q&A
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Q: The USD 19.- for the booklet are worth the money.

Books are fine (winning ugly, the inner game, etc...), but to do a summary like you have done it requests equivalent talent and time.

It is not easy to find good advice, because you may find a lot of crap on the internet or even in commercial videos.

Once I colleague did lend me a video with an old guy showing that one should prepare the racket a foot below the hitting point on the forehand to hit with topspin.

The result is that you start to brush the ball too much and need another couple of months to get rid of it... By the way I am also a former volleyball player. Would be interesting to let me know how easy the transition to tennis was for you.

Initially I tried to kill the ball - like in volleyball - and it took me some months/years to have the patience to build a point or simply to rally.

A: I think what volleyball taught me was to intercept the ball before it bounces. ;) So judging the ball flight and moving in for the volley seemed very easy to me. Also smash and serve were very natural.

Another good thing was the ready position. I see 99% of tennis players (not ATP, but all the rest) not being ready at all. Their split step doesn't really accomplish what it could.

In volleyball when you are trying to get to a spiked ball requires very explosive start.

I managed to transfer this to tennis movement so I was very quick. Not the fastest in longer sprints but very fast for 3-6 meter movements.

Another thing was anticipation; again, when you try and defend a spike, you don't have much time to move. So you need to anticipate where the ball will go. And you do that by observing the spikers body.

I did this automatically when at the net and I could (and still can) anticipate where the passing will go.

Q2: Hi Tomaz. I purchased the manual and am finding the information very useful.

Here is one of my 3 questions for you:

What is your opinion on the "zone method" as taught by Scott Ford (parallel process mode, etc)?

I have read some articles and have tried it twice with the ball machine (about 2 hours) and although challenging to keep the concentration, I have found it incredibly improves my timing.

I am wondering if you know about people using it long term effectively?

Thanks and I also look forward to the newsletter.

A2: Thanks for the message.

Yes, I read Scott Ford's article and tried to figure out how I "see" the ball.

In my case I seem to that most of the time naturally. I have been involved with sports and balls for many years and I think that happens naturally.

I haven't taught anyone in the same way but what I do mention sometimes is that try and see the ball AFTER the bounce. In Ford's case - when the ball reaches your imaginary window.

I know that when the ball is flying towards me I don't exclusively focus on the ball but I am aware of my position on court and my opponent - how fast is he moving back, is he rushed, is he comfortable, is he tired, is he slipping and so on.

So I see many things and only after the bounce of the ball on my side I focus on seeing the ball really well.

So think this is a similar way as Ford teaches.

And yes, I recommend his approach so experiment with it especially if you see that it works.

By the way - I've asked many "well known" and top coaches how do they teach watching the ball and they had no answer for me. ;)

I don't think it ever occured to them that there is a whole science to this too.

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That's it for this issue, talk to you next week with more tennis instructional and mental articles.

Best, Tomaz

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Zivjo,

Tokrat sem za vas pripravil clanek z naslovom "Zakaj mladi (in stari) igralci preklinjajo na igrišču?".

Tako obnasanje nam je vsem teniskim trenerjem in igralcem zelo znano, vendar le redki poznajo resnicne vzroke za te custvene izbruhe.

Z razumevanjem vzrokov so tudi resitve mnogo bolj ocitne.

Tenisko Obnasanje

Vabim vas da si preberete tudi Q&A v angleskem delu e-mesecnika.

Lep pozdrav iz Tajske,

Tomaz

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