https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/tags/motivation/Recent content in motivation on Online Tennis SchoolHugo -- gohugo.ioWed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/tennis-life-at-the-extremes/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/tennis-life-at-the-extremes/Take a short journey through imagination. Go back to a time you felt an extreme emotion - anger, frustration, fear at something small and sudden. How did you feel? Did you want to lash out? Did you do something you regret, or almost do something you never normally would? That emotion sat outside your normal range.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/values/Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:40:24 +0600https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/values/I hope this metaphor helps you navigate the treacherous territory between winning and developing. Imagine you have been stuck in the woods for two weeks and stumble out on the verge of starvation. Your value for self-preservation is at full power. You see a basket of food that is not yours.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/leadership/Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/leadership/Too many players want six superstars at their practice session. They call and ask who is going to be there - and if the right people are not going, they skip the day, or they show up and goof around. That habit quietly caps your ceiling. Build the room you want to train in Instead of flying in superstars, lead by example and build up those around you.https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/a-game-within-a-game/Thu, 29 May 2014 16:53:36 -0700https://www.onlinetennisschool.com/articles/a-game-within-a-game/One of the most important truths in tennis: it is very hard to always practice with someone better than you. You will face three types of partners - better, equal, and worse - and the best athletes get better with all three by playing a game inside their heads while in action.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.