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One of the biggest differences between intermediate and advanced player is how they handle their nerves in difficult situations. The more nervous a lower level player gets the more likely he or she will “push” the ball caused by the deceleration of the racquet. In contrast, a nervous advanced player will hit the ball with more spin caused by the acceleration of the racquet. That’s right, advanced players get nervous too.

It is only natural to want to do less with the racquet and shorten your stroke in order to “play it safe” but that false sense of security will only make your shot more tentative and it will stunt your growth as a tennis player. With a shortened stroke you can’t create spin. Advanced players have realized that spin is what controls the ball.

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Do you play like a star in practice or practice matches, but then under perform in competition due to a lack of confidence or poor focus? In my new tennis confidence video series, I’ll discuss the top five mental game reasons tennis players under perform in matches compared to practice.

Do you play tennis with a ton of confidence in practice, but have trouble taking your practice game to matches? If so, you are not alone. Many of my players are more comfortable in their practice routines than in matches. They lose trust in their strokes that worked well in practice. I recently received the following mental game of tennis question:

OK, I keep thinking about the Nadal-Federer match up. The finals at the Australian Open were filled with tennis psychology gems. I talked about how Nadal knew who he was before the match and it did not change after the match.

I would like to come up a simple "practical mental plan" that will allow the competitive tennis player to walk onto the match, with a clear idea about how they should think, and feel, to perform better and, to achieve  more positive results when competing.  Following, I will summarize, what I call "The Five Keys to win more matches"

How to play...and try to win against that opponent who always beats us and complicates our game!

Time and time again tennis players find themselves losing a match they know they should have won.  It is impossible to diagnose exactly what went wrong in your own individual match, but many times players tend to mock their opponents style of play.  This is never good.  It can be a serious issue when two players with completely different styles clash!

The important thing to note is that there is no mention of skill level in our definition of a pusher.   There are pushers at every level of tennis (yes, even pushers on the pro tour too).  This article will help you understand why the pusher should be respected and even why people continue to lose to pushers time after time.  The typical pusher, who has found it a goal to destroy you from the inside out, has certain characteristics about his style, mental toughness, and physicality that puts him among the elite.