I've been busy making the new DVD on tennis tactics this weekend. My friend Borut Urh -- former Davis Cup player for Slovenia -- and I traveled to Portoroz near the Adriatic sea and were taping various tactical plays that we want to show on the DVD.

I'll keep you posted on the progress and when I will publish the final version...

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1. What's new?
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Tennis is a great sport to learn about perfectionism, how to best use its drive to be perfect and what happens if you push this desire too far.

There were and still are many top players that I would characterize as being perfectionists, for example Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, etc.

They all had problems in the early stages of their career with trying to be too perfect. Eventually they learned when to let go...

Perfectionism In Tennis - The drive to succeed and the frustration of never getting there

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2. Tennis Thoughts Blog
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If you are a tennis parent, then please take a few minutes to read this Q&A from the blog.

Try to realize that whether one makes it or not is not a fact, it's just an opinion. There are more than 6 billion people on this planet and there could be as many different opinions on whether one makes it or not.

This opinion must at the end be the player's choice, not someone else's...

Can My Child Make It In Tennis

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There was a great submission to the Play Better page from Ken DeHart about a Circle of power. It's a great way to quickly change your emotional state and find that ideal state in which you play your best tennis.

If you've learned something new and useful lately that improved your game, let us know!

Talk to you in two weeks!

Best, Tomaz

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