I’ve listed some of the more common road blocks you and your child will be facing in the near future. Difficulties are opportunities to grow. Pressing on through or around these obstacles is critical! View road blocks as secret ways the game weeds out the weak! An old Japanese proverb is “fall down seven times…get up eight!
Believing that if they are a better athlete, then they will win.
Being a better physical athlete is only one third of the battle. If your child is weaker mentally or emotionally they will struggle. Another way to look at this issue is if an opponent looks physically superior to the rest of the field then there is something missing, something broken in their mental or emotional components. If they were superior in all three, they wouldn’t be in that draw.
Procrastination
Big time national titles are won by the champions because they accept the fact that the will be shedding serious blood, sweat and tears two months before the event begins. Procrastinators often do everything else except focus 100% on improving and fixing their problems. It is important to understand that fixing the problems and still losing passes judgment. As long as they do not actually give 100% on the practice court, they will have a built in excuse…”If I had the time to practice, I could of beat her…etc.”
Quantity of practices versus quality of practice
Rallying back and forth to a hitter or even worse, having balls fed right to their strike zones four hours a week does not in any way simulate tough playing conditions. Our battle cry is “Practice in the manner in which you are expected to perform”.
