Building Strong Foundations for Tennis and Life

Tennis is a vehicle to develop as a person, to build character foundations for life, to learn how to create true confidence that helps you to become successful and happy in life. Whether you are aspiring to play professional tennis, college tennis, high school tennis, or to compete in junior level tournaments, this program gives you an opportunity to practice focusing on the process and steps that are necessary in order to develop as a player and a person.

Focus on the long-term process of development rather than short term outcomes, and trusting that investing effort in improving as well as perceiving the game in terms of only doing the best that you possibly can with every move and every shot will give you the best results as well as the fulfillment knowing that you gave your best in this quest. It is also important to remember that we grow through challenges, we forge our character, and we are then able to shine that light back and serve our community and society as future role models.

This approach gives great results and it teaches future generations how to deal with fear, expectations and pressure, how through focus on the process where we learn from challenges, and viewing the game in terms of inner and outer action and not in terms of only assigning meaning to winning and losing.

The main premise is that tennis can be a metaphor for life. The way we play tennis is basically the way we live. The most important aspect of my program is to shift the focus from only judging success based on immediate outcomes to focusing on long-term development and the steps that we need to take in order to improve. This process also helps build strong character as young players are faced with a challenge to let go of their expectations and trust that they will improve the most, and eventually win the most, if they focus on the process of developing as a player.

The main focus of practice and competition turns to shifting your focus to this process, giving all your effort at every practice, learning how to trust yourself and the process, and focusing on how you can play the best that you can play. And that in itself maximizes your chances of winning, although winning is not central. This allows children to develop their skills more while minimizing fear during competing, focusing on what you can control, which is your effort and focus on movement, shot selection, effort, and the way you mentally and emotionally process the game. And that makes the competition and the entire experience more fun and empowering.