Contents of my book: Tennis: Play the Mental Game
Chapter 1- Introduction to the Mental Game
About This Book
About David Ranney
What I Know About You
Why Play The Mental Game?
The Ultimate Goal
How to Make These Lessons Work for You
The Best Lesson I Ever Received
What Are the Core Principles of the Mental Game?
The Principles of Consciousness
The Principles of Focus
The Principles of Breathing
The Principles of Playing Without Judgment
The Mental Game Core Principles
Chapter 2 – Mental Concepts
Lesson #1 – About Winning: A Point to Ponder
Lesson #2 – On Seeing the Ball
Lesson #3 – The Power of the Breath
Lesson #4 – Relaxation: Why This Is So Critical
Lesson #5 – What about Listening?
Lesson #6 – How to Deal with Being Nervous
Lesson #7 – Play at the Top of Your Game Every Time
Lesson #8 – How You Can Turn Your Game Around If You Start to Play Badly: The One-Minute Method
Lesson #11 – When You Miss a Shot
When the Ball Goes Long
When the Ball Goes into the Net
When the Ball Goes Wide
Lesson #12 – When You Miss-hit the Ball on Your Racket or When You Hit the Ball Off-center
Lesson #13 – How to Make the Ball Go Where You Want It to Go
Lesson #14 – How to Hit the Return of Serve into the Court
Lesson #15 – What To Do Between Points
Lesson #16 – Choking
Lesson #17 – How to Warm Up for a Match
Lesson #18 – If You Play Differently in Your Warm-up Than You Do When the Game Starts
Lesson #19 – How to Play a Tie-breaker
Lesson #20 – How to Win When You Are Ahead (in a Game or Set)
Lesson #21 – How to Aim the Serve
Lesson #22 – When You Miss the First Serve
Lesson #23 – About Hitting Winners
Lesson #24 – About Your Weaknesses
Lesson #25 – Running and Hitting – How to Do It
Lesson #26 – Learn To Deal With Noise And Visual Distractions
Lesson #27 – The Wondering Technique
Lesson #28 – How to Know If You Are Playing the Mental Game Properly
Chapter 3 – Strategy
Lesson #29 – The Strategy of Consistency: The First and Last Resort
Lesson #30 – The Three Major Weaknesses and How You Can Exploit Them
Lesson #31 – How to Determine If Your Opponent’s Backhand or Forehand Is Weaker
Lesson #32 – Why You Should Hit All Serve Returns Cross-court
Lesson #33 – Where to Hit Your Lob and How to Practice It
Lesson #34 -Why You Should Hit All Overheads as Hard as You Can
Lesson #35 – If You Get a Short Ball, Hit a Drop Shot
Lesson #36 – When You Serve a Let Ball
Lesson #37 – When You Get Pulled out Wide
Lesson #38 – A Basic Singles Strategy
Lesson #39 – A Basic Doubles Strategy
Chapter 4 – Strokes and General Information
Lesson #40 – The Mother of All Stroke Tips – Holding the Follow-through
Lesson #41 – How to Give Yourself a Lesson Every Time You Play
Lesson #42 – Ground Strokes: A Checklist of Things to Practice
Lesson #43 – Serves: A Checklist of Things To Practice
Lesson #44 – Serves: Questions to Ask If I Am Missing My Serve
Lesson #45 – Volleys: A Checklist of Things To Practice
Lesson #46 – Read Ron Waite’s Articles
Chapter 5 – Tennis Drills
Drill #1: Seeing The Ball
Drill #2: Paying Attention to Your Breathing
Drill #3: Combining Seeing the Ball and Breathing
Drill #4: Feeling Your Strokes
Drill #5: Maximizing the Balls Going into the Court
Drill #6: A Running Drill
Drill #7: Another Running Drill
Drill #8: Volleys
Drill #9: The Return of Serve Drill
Drill #10: The Lob and Overhead Drill
Drill #11: The Bounce/Hit Game
Drill #12: The Spinning Game
Drill #13: The Trajectory Game
Drill #14: The Listening Game
Chapter 6 – Two Fun Quizzes
A Little Quiz
Answers to the Little Quiz
A Big Quiz
Answers to the Big Quiz