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Coach the sensations in tennis

I attended a session of  training of a young tennis player based on the research of sensations related to the optimum of  her service. It was an intense workout  where the focus on correct execution, feelings and execution has been stressed in a contemporary way, to lead to an improvement of this tennis fundamental. Overall, it was a session in which the mental component and the technique have been engaged in a consistent manner.

A first effect of this type of exercise resides in making aware the tennis player of the sensations related to the wrong movement and the correct one. The coach never said the athlete: “Do this because it’s better.” On the contrary, he led to try both ways and to assess which determined the best service. The development of a consciousness different from the one he had up to that time was the main theme of this training. The tennis player was able to develop a personal idea on what movement was better, convincing herself according to the result obtained.

It ‘s evident that in this way the storage of the new elements of the technical behavior was much deeper because it has been based not on the coach’s instructions  but on the realization that the behavior suggested it was more advantageous. Trainings of this type demonstrate the importance of enhancing the mental processes of young athletes, using the physical sensations they feel in doing in one way rather than another, and subsequently, evaluation by the tennis effectiveness of the shot.