Here is what I don’t understand. Roger Federer is definitely, in my opinion, the greatest player the world has ever seen. Maybe he is over the top and will not win another major tournament, but that doesn’t change the fact that he has broken just about every record out there. In order to do this, […]
As you may know, I have published 3 books dealing with Zen tennis, Zen baseball and Zen basketball. So, what is this Zen stuff all about? The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán (?), which can be approximately translated as “meditation” or “meditative state.” OK, everyone knows you must […]
I am really excited about my new website PurePerformanceSports.com. As you may know, I have published four books: Tennis: Play the Mental Game, Playing Zen-Sational Tennis, Becoming a Zen-Sational Basketball Shooter, & Playing Zen-Sational Baseball. All of these books focus on how to play better using powerful mental techniques I have developed. Using them will […]
Have you read the best book ever written on how to play inner tennis and be more mentally tough? If you haven’t read Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game of Tennis then this would be a good place to start learning about how the body and mind work together. This book has been my “Tennis Bible” […]
Do you let thoughts of winning or losing come into your mind when you are playing a tiebreaker, you are ahead or if the match is tight? Do you do anything about these thoughts? Is it too late to recover from such thoughts? Do you suffer from thinking too much…..especially about the outcome of the game? […]
Playing winning tennis is much more fun, isn’t it? And nobody likes to lose, do they? That being said, becoming mentally tough and getting the most from losing is an important part of your training. It is all about attitudes. When I’m working with a new student, their reaction to a loss is often comments […]
Elizabeth (Bunny) Ryan was my first tennis instructor when I was a kid. I don’t know when my Mom met her, but somehow my mom and Bunny were friends. When I played in Junior Wimbledon we spent a lot of time with Bunny who showed us around and introduced us to some of her famous […]
The way to tell if a tennis player is good, is to ask the question, “Do they take the same stroke every time?” Below is one terrific way to make your stroke consistent. You will do this by taking a proper shadow stroke. When you do a shadow stroke, it is critical that you do […]
Play Better Tennis by Focusing In Segments by David Ranney, Author of Playing Zen-Sational Tennis You can learn to play better tennis and by focusing on very specific parts of your game. I learned this concept from a terrific book called The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle. This book discovers how talent is developed by […]
