Assess your serve in tennis

The serve in tennis does not improve during the match, but whatever it’s your level of technical mastery of this act, it’s necessary for the implement to the highest level you’re capable of , regardless of the outcome of that moment. Remember:

When the ball went into the net or goes out, the error is obviously technical. So you say you ‘d have to hit it the ball in another way or the arm rather than your legs did not do the job right … all this is true but do not forget that the body does not move by itself is ‘THE MIND THAT LEADS, TELLING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

The error is always technical, but you should always ask yourself, ” How important is the mental component in this mistake I made in the serve?” And then you have to know how to reduce the error percentage, certainly the first answer that comes to say is: ”I need to improve my technique.

To improve the mental approach to the serve you have to be aware of what are the psychological pitfalls that you fall down when you run this fundamental. To this end, I propose to answer a questionnaire in which you are asked how often you make mistakes more related on your mental attitude. No matter about your current technical limitations in the game you have to serve proving the quality of your action as well as now you possess, without being affected by the mental condition of the match- moment. If you use a mental approach also correct your technique will benefit from it and you can play in a more satisfactory way.

“How I cope with my serve”

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Instructions: Please read each statement and indicate how often you behave in situations as outlined below with an X marking the number that best indicates what is true for you.

1 means never and 7 forever – All other numbers indicate intermediate levels

How often:

Never Always

The quality of my serve during the match and training is the same.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
During the match when I serve I feel in a hurry or too slow	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
I make errors because I am angry or down	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
When I serve I am not focused?	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Before to serve I know that it will be bad	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
I am too anxious to serve at my best and I don’t try to change this idea	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
I serve because I want to get out fast from this situation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
I tell to myself that my serve is so bad	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
When I feel to win the set, I start to serve bad	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
When I shot the seond ball of the serve I don’t feel confident	1	2	3	4	5	6	7