Let's Learn to Play Tennis!

Tennis is a life for those who love playing it, or even for those who are just watching it. A key personality associated with tennis is a complete player by the name of Roger Federer. He is the game's invincible champion. He does have the most lethal yet effortlessly executed strokes-backhand, forehand, volley, slice, truly he is superb! His executions are done with economy of movements and such great creativity. His mental control is incredible; he never losses his control.

The key factor to learn how to play tennis is concentration. You need to zero in at the moment. Focus your eyes to the ball coming your way-on that shot, not on the one before it or what might come after. Or else, you will lose it or worse, you get hit by it. You've got to learn the strokes. You can never fake it. A good game depends on good timing. You should know how to determine the right opportunity, be sensitive for it, the feel for the right moment, the right shot.

When you've already got the rhythm of the game, your opponent will try to break it. You've got to know how to find it, and then flow with it, while getting ready for the offbeat. You've got to harness your energy and power to be in control of the game. You've got to direct your energy towards your purpose, play to win. Undirected energy will get you nowhere. You should be creative enough if you want to get the most out of a game. What makes a game riveting is not just winning, but how the shots were set up. How you prepare or lay the groundwork for a win, how you home in for the kill. You work towards a winning shot, you just can rush it. That is the thrill of the game.

You must not be afraid to take a risk, rush to the net to win a point. Sometimes, you need to get out of the baseline, your comfort zone, and rush to the net to volley. Tennis is not only a battle of wills, but also a lesson of patience. In a game match between those of equal levels of skills, intelligence and experience, the one who losses patience will more likely to lose because he has the urge to rush a point. The one who learns to wait and bide his time wins because he resists the urge to rush a point.

You should learn how to manage your nerves at matchpoint. At crunch time, a player can "choke" and lose a point. You need to control your temper. Paralysis happens in a game when you overplay or overanalyze. You think too much about a shot that you miss the next one. You have to take what's coming and return those shots. If you miss a shot, do not dwell on it. Move on. It was frustrating, it was miserable. But what the heck? It was just fine.