http://www.tennismindgame.com/tennis-blog.html Stay in touch with new mental tennis tips from TennisMindGame.com. Subscribe here. en-us tennis mind Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:34:16 GMT Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:34:16 GMT tennismindgame.com http://www.tennismindgame.com/no-more-technique.html There's a huge mistake that many club level tennis players make when they are starting to learn to play tennis or when they try to improve their tennis technique. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:34:15 GMT http://www.tennismindgame.com/when-life-gives-your-lemons-make-lemonade.html When you have a gift or a natural talent you should use it. It's the same for tennis, though you might not be the best and you feel like giving up, don't. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:03:22 GMT http://www.tennismindgame.com/improving-anticipation.html One of the key abilities of good tennis players is anticipation. It's an ability to predict with very high probability what the opponent will play. 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