https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/tags/competition/Recent content in competition on Online Tennis SchoolHugo -- gohugo.ioMon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/processing-a-loss/Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/processing-a-loss/In every tournament there is only one winner. In a Grand Slam that means 127 disappointments and 1 satisfaction. Dealing with losses - and building through them - is a core skill of successful players. Emotional endurance Many of you wake up after a devastating loss feeling disempowered, anxious, hopeless: “If I have tried so many times, what will make the next attempt better?https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/perspective-on-tournaments/Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/perspective-on-tournaments/I hear these comments too often: “I want to take it slow before my tournament tomorrow.” “This is a really important tournament.” Similar phrases everywhere. I want a different story to shake out the fallacy. The Microsoft interview metaphor On my way to a high-paying job at Microsoft, I clear many hurdles.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/the-art-of-competition/Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/the-art-of-competition/Being a great competitor is very much like creating a painting or writing a beautiful song. Mastery inside the rules - then invention Look at great artists - Dalí, da Vinci, Escher. They were incredibly well versed in the rigid confines of their medium. They were also able to break those confines; Escher could make dimensions almost contradict mathematical norms.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/meet-matthew-biondi/Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/meet-matthew-biondi/I had the chance to pick the brain of Matthew Biondi - 11-time Olympic medalist in swimming, Hall of Famer. We talked about competing at that level and what separated him from his peers. I distilled the conversation (while trying not to be completely starstruck) into six points. They transfer cleanly to tennis.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/fear/Sat, 31 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/fear/When you are fearful, no other possibilities exist. You cannot perceive other possibilities, or act on them properly even if you were able to perceive them, because fear is immobilizing. What fear does on a tennis court Physically, it causes us to freeze or run. Mentally, it causes us to narrow our focus to the object of our fear.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/why-do-i-love-tennis/Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/why-do-i-love-tennis/Why do I love tennis? Or sport in general? This is the best description I can give. Chess pieces and human stories I believe this: “Anybody can move a chess piece, but only a select handful can move their pieces in the symphony of offensive, defensive, and neutralizing positions that would lead to becoming a grandmaster.