In this article I’m going to be talking about a subject that has just recently been brought to my attention. Although Ive been teaching it a fair bit of recent years. Ive learned so many new applications for it recently, so Ive brought it forward. I would have spoken about it a little later in the series, but I think it is pretty darn important that we talk about it earlier rather than later, and that is understanding that “practice makes perfect”.
There is a time to look at results and a time to focus on process or the action steps required to get the result.
I noticed the importance of this a number of years ago when I began doing work with some of the best junior tennis players in our country. I would be traveling around the country observing and coaching these very talented individuals. I would always ask this question “what is the most important part of your game at this high level of competition? The physical part, meaning the skill and fitness, or the mental and emotional part”? In every case the answer was the mental and emotional. Mostly because at the highest level of competition all of the players have a great deal of...