Learn To Play Better Tennis Through Other People's Experiences
Share Your Story And Learn From Other's

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Douglas Adams quote

The purpose of this page is to change this often true quote from Douglas Adams and allow you to share and learn from experiences of other tennis players.

You will also be able to win a free ebook by sharing your story!

You can win either the Tennis Strategy Encyclopedia ebook (1st prize) or the Mental Manual for Tennis Winners ebook (2nd prize) for your sharing your experience on this page and helping others play better tennis.

I will select two best contributions to this page every two weeks and send a free ebook to #1 and #2 contributors.

Here's why sharing your story would help others a lot:

As you probably know, one of the best teachers in the game of tennis is experience. If you've been playing tennis matches for some time, you've learned a lot from them.

Probably more than you'll ever learn from books and information online.

But a better and faster way of learning to play better tennis is through the experience of others.

That way you can see where others have made mistakes or have been successful - whether this relates to the strategy or the mental part of the game.

This means that you don't have to make the same mistakes and you don't have to waste time finding the most successful strategies and mental approaches for certain situations.

The goal of this page is to allow you to share your experience and learn from experiences of other tennis players.

Share your story below and tell us what you have learned from one or more tennis matches you've played.

Perhaps you've learned a new strategy how to play against left-handers?

Or perhaps you have learned how to control your mind in the crucial part of the match?

Any experience that has to do with the mental or strategy part of the game is welcome here.

And if you have learned from the experiences and stories submitted below, please rate them and let the author know how they have helped you to play better tennis through their story.

Your ratings will also help me choose the best two contributions every two weeks. Thanks!

P.S. The winners will be announced in the TennisMindGame newsletter.

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