The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book: Blunders and Cures
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The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbook: Blunders and Cures is a comprehensive problem solving guide for the serious tennis player. The workbook is designed, for both the junior and adult competitor, to assist players through the mental and emotional complexities of the game of tennis. The aim of this workbook is to provide the deeper insights needed to progress in such a challenging individual sport.
This easy reading workbook contains over 40 of the most common blunders (problems) found in competitive tennis. Left untreated, these blunders are often the downfall of even the best athletes. Learning from others’ blunders will help maximize potential at the quickest rate.
The work book is organized into Blunder topics and then sub-divided into individual Blunders -BLUNDER, CURE and Ask Yourself. The BLUNDER is the common problem, followed by the CURE which is the suggested action to be taken to solve the problem and concludes with Ask Yourself –a list of questions to help customize your personal plan. The reader is encouraged to navigate throughout the work book to identify Blunders that best apply to their situation.
Frank Giampaolo
Frank Giampaolo is a veteran author whose acclaimed book, The Tennis Parent’s Bible (www.thetennisparentsbible.com), is being used by ITF leaders, academy directors, parents, and coaches worldwide. Giampaolo’s innovative approach has earned him numerous honors, including being named the 2001 USPTA Southern California Tennis Director of the Year and being voted a top teaching professional in consecutive years by Southern California Tennis & Golf magazine. Giampaolo founded the Mental–Emotional Tennis Workshop in 2002; since then, participants in the program have gone on to win more than 77 U.S. national titles. His students have won ATP and WTA Tour singles and doubles titles. Giampaolo pioneered the Tennis Parents Workshop in 1998 and has conducted seminars throughout the United States, Mexico, Israel, Spain,New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Additionally, he hosts a blog site, www.tennisparentsolutions.com. Frank is a popular international speaker. He has appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show, Fox Sports, OCN World Team Tennis, Tennis Canada, and Tennis Australia. His instructional articles have appeared in Tennis View magazine, USPTA Coaching Publications, The Active Network, Parenting Aces, Tennis One, Tennis Australia, and Tennis New Zealand. He currently runs workshops at his high-performance training facility in Southern California.
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The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book - Frank Giampaolo
THE MENTAL EMOTIONAL TENNIS WORK BOOK:
BLUNDERS AND CURES
By Frank Giampaolo
Copyright 2013 Smashwords Edition
(949)933-8163, FGSA@earthlink.net
http://www.tennisparentsolutions.com
http://www.thetennisparentsbible.com
http://www.mentalemotionaltennisworkshops.com
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Also Available By Frank Giampaolo
CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS
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(Available in Print and e-Book Formats)
The Tennis Parent’s Bible:
A Comprehensive Survival Guide to Becoming a
World Class Parent (or Coach)
International Player Evaluation
The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book:
Insights & Antidotes
The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book:
Protocols of Winning
The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book:
Match Chart Collection
The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book:
Match Day Preparation
The Mental Emotional Tennis Work Book:
How to Attract a College Scholarship
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any form or by any means without the written permission from the author.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
ORGANIZATIONAL BLUNDERS
BLUNDER: Ignoring Your Brain and Body Type
BLUNDER: Not Having an Entourage
BLUNDER: Being an Unaccountable Player
BLUNDER: Underestimating the Success Formula
BLUNDER: Focusing Only on Strokes
BLUNDER: Overlooking Goal Setting
BLUNDER: Not Knowing Who You Are & What You Do Best
INTELLIGENT TRAINING & PRACTICE BLUNDERS
BLUNDER: Neglecting Smart Work
BLUNDER: Encouraging One Set Wonders
BLUNDER: Putting Yourself in the Crowd to Get Ahead of the Crowd
BLUNDER: Believing Weekly Lessons are Enough
BLUNDER: Attempting to Fix a Flawed Stroke While on the Tournament Trail
BLUNDER: Assuming that Tennis Speed is Only Foot Speed
BLUNDER: Ignoring Off-Court Training
BLUNDER: Ignoring Proper Nutrition and Hydration
BLUNDER: Watching Matches versus Charting and Video Taping
NAVIGATING TOURNAMENT BLUNDERS
BLUNDER: Being In-Flexible
BLUNDER: Playing Up Too Soon
BLUNDER: Refusing to Play Down When It Might Pump You Up!
BLUNDER: Forgetting You Must Be Present to Win
ATTITUDE BLUNDERS
BLUNDER: Displaying Negative Character Traits
BLUNDER: Being Arrogant After Finding Some Success
BLUNDER: Talking about Your Peers
BLUNDER: Focusing Only on Aptitude and Overlooking Attitude
BLUNDER: Misunderstanding Choking Under Stress
BLUNDER: Misunderstanding Panicking Under Stress
ACCELERATED GROWTH BLUNDERS
BLUNDER: Not Seeing Stumbling Blocks as Stepping Stones
BLUNDER: Perfectionism
BLUNDER: Believing Quantity of Court Time is Quality Court Time
BLUNDER: Thinking Perfect Strokes are Mandatory
BLUNDER: Neglecting the Between Point and Change Over Rituals
BLUNDER: Ignoring Your B and C Game Plans
BLUNDER: Managing Without a Hollywood
Script
BLUNDER: Overlooking the Pain Principle
BLUNDER: Talking at Visual Learners
BLUNDER: Postponing Happiness
PREFACE
Most players spend one hundred percent of their time, money and energy on developing their fundamental strokes. Yet in competitive match play, they blame their lack of results on mental and emotional issues. I have never heard a top ranked player walk off the court and cry If I only had followed through higher I would of beat that guy!
What we do hear day in and day out is I can’t stand playing pushers!
or I was hooked out of the match!
or I was up again 5-2 and choked!
or I’m sooo bad…I should just quit!
… Sound familiar?
The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbooks are comprehensive problem solving guides for the serious tennis player. The workbooks are designed for both the junior and adult competitor. They can be completed in any order, and independently of each other. They are designed to assist players through the mental and emotional complexities of the game of tennis. Included are organizational guidelines, time tested formulas for success, foundation essentials, common blunder cures, answers to common questions and winning strategies. Also included are educational tennis tools needed to help identify a player’s strengths and weaknesses, such as sample weekly and monthly planner, pop quizzes, match charts,