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Summary
TLDRThe video script emphasizes the importance of consistent, high-quality on-court practice and improving physical ability for tennis players seeking to enhance their skills. It highlights the need to focus on one or two aspects of the game for improvement and identifies the common issue of poor positioning rather than swing mechanics. The script introduces a free tennis vision program to assist with visual skills and discusses the process of learning through conscious practice, the right level of difficulty, and the number of repetitions required to internalize new techniques. It underscores the reality that mastering tennis basics takes significant time and dedicated practice, discouraging the pursuit of quick fixes often promised by other resources.
Takeaways
- 🎾 Consistent high-quality on-court practice is essential for tennis improvement.
- 💪 Enhancing physical ability is crucial to perform and practice tennis skills effectively.
- 🔍 Focus on one or two things at a time for maximum improvement, as multitasking hinders learning.
- 🤔 Identify the underlying problem in your stroke to address the most critical aspect of your game.
- 🎥 Analyzing your own gameplay or getting coached can help pinpoint areas for improvement.
- 📈 Prioritize the first thing that goes wrong in your technique to make the most significant progress.
- 🤸♂️ Practice at the right level of difficulty, starting with fundamentals and gradually increasing complexity.
- 🔄 It takes approximately 1,000 high-quality repetitions to move from the conscious learning stage to the associative stage.
- 🕒 To develop a new habit or technique, 10,000 repetitions are often required, which can take considerable time and practice.
- 🚀 Professionals can quickly adjust their techniques due to the vast amount of practice they've accumulated.
- 📚 There are no shortcuts; mastering the basics through focused and repetitive practice is the key to high-level tennis skills.
Q & A
What are the two essential components for improving in tennis?
-The two essential components for improving in tennis are high-quality, consistent on-court practice and working on improving your physical ability to perform the practiced skills.
Why is focusing on one or two things at a time important in tennis practice?
-Focusing on one or two things at a time is important because it allows you to give conscious effort and think continuously about those specific aspects, which is crucial for improvement. Trying to think about too many things can lead to ineffective practice and hinder learning.
What is a common mistake coaches and players make when it comes to ground strokes?
-A common mistake is focusing on the swing, contact point, and follow-through, while often the real issue is not preparing quickly enough or not being set up in the right position for the shot.
What should you prioritize when trying to improve your technique in tennis?
-You should prioritize fixing the underlying problem or the first thing that's going wrong with your stroke, rather than focusing on minor biomechanical details.
How does the level of difficulty in practice affect skill improvement?
-Practicing at the right level of difficulty is key to improvement. It should be challenging enough to focus on the specific skill you're working on but not so difficult that it becomes counterproductive. The level of difficulty should be adjusted based on your ability level.
What is the significance of repetitions in learning a new tennis technique?
-Repetitions are crucial for moving from the conscious stage of learning, where you have to think about each movement, to the associative and autonomous stages, where the technique becomes a habit. It takes approximately 10,000 high-quality repetitions to develop a new habit.
How long does it take to make a new tennis technique a habit?
-It takes about 10,000 repetitions, which can translate to roughly 30 hours of focused practice, to make a new technique a habit.
Why do many players struggle to improve their technique?
-Many players struggle to improve their technique because they don't practice with enough repetitions focused on the same thing, often trying to do too many things at once or attempting advanced techniques too early in their progression.
What is the role of vision in tennis improvement?
-Vision is a critical factor in tennis improvement because it determines your ability to read where the ball is going, track it, and judge distance effectively, which are all essential for starting your swing at the right time and playing at a higher level.
What is the free program mentioned in the script, and how can it help tennis players?
-The free program mentioned is a tennis vision starter program designed to help players improve their visual skills, enabling them to read the ball's trajectory more quickly, track it better, and judge distance more accurately, ultimately leading to higher-level tennis performance.
How does the process of learning tennis techniques differ from what is often promised in quick-fix videos?
-The process of learning tennis techniques involves a significant amount of time and focused practice to master the basics, whereas quick-fix videos often oversimplify the learning process, promising to teach professional-level techniques in a very short time, which is unrealistic.
Outlines
🎾 The Two Pillars of Tennis Improvement
This paragraph emphasizes the importance of two key aspects for tennis improvement: consistent high-quality on-court practice and enhancing physical ability. It stresses that neglecting either aspect can lead to a plateau in skill development. The speaker intends to focus on practice quality in this video, discussing what and how to practice to avoid stagnation in progress. The need for conscious effort and focusing on one or two things at a time for effective improvement is also highlighted.
🤔 Identifying and Prioritizing Practice Aspects
The speaker discusses the importance of identifying the underlying issues in a player's technique, such as setup and positioning, rather than just the mechanics of the swing. The influence of coaching and the common mistakes made by players, particularly in ground strokes, are addressed. The video aims to help viewers understand what to work on and how to practice effectively, emphasizing the need to focus on the first thing going wrong in a stroke to achieve improvement.
💡 Practicing with the Right Approach
This section delves into the conscious phase of learning, where deliberate focus on specific movements is crucial. The speaker explains the importance of practicing at the correct level of difficulty based on one's ability and the progression from practicing without a ball to more complex scenarios. The concept of using distractions to improve focus is introduced. The paragraph concludes with the revelation that it takes approximately 1,000 high-quality repetitions to move from the conscious stage to the associative stage of learning.
🕰️ Time and Repetition for Habit Formation
The speaker shares the necessity of a significant number of repetitions to form new habits and improve tennis techniques. It takes 10,000 repetitions to move from the associative stage to the autonomous stage, where the technique becomes ingrained. The speaker uses the example of practicing high volleys to illustrate the time and effort required to develop a new habit. The paragraph emphasizes the reality of learning and improvement in tennis, dispelling the myth of quick fixes and underscoring the importance of focused, quality practice and patience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡High Quality Practice
💡Physical Ability
💡Plateau
💡Unit Turn
💡Biomechanics
💡Visual Skills
💡Conscious Phase of Learning
💡Associative Stage
💡Autonomous Stage
💡Repetitions
💡Progression
Highlights
To improve in tennis, consistently practice on-court and enhance physical ability.
Focus on one or two things at a time for effective improvement.
Improvement plateaus if you only focus on one aspect of your game.
The quality of your practice is crucial for improvement.
Identify the underlying problem in your stroke to effectively practice.
Many players focus on the wrong aspects of their game due to coaching influences.
The issue often lies in setup and positioning, not biomechanics.
Prioritize fixing the first mistake in your technique.
Higher-level players should focus on precise biomechanics.
Consciously practice the correct movements at the right difficulty level.
Use progressions without a ball, then with a simple feed, to practice correctly.
It takes about a thousand high-quality repetitions to move from the conscious to associative learning stage.
To reach the autonomous stage and make a technique a habit, it takes around 10,000 repetitions.
Professionals can adjust their technique quickly due to the high number of hours spent practicing.
Mastering the basics through focused and repetitive practice is the key to high-level tennis.
Shortcuts don't work; improvement requires understanding and applying the learning process.
The truth about learning and improvement in tennis is often not communicated effectively.
The free Vision program can help improve visual skills, a significant limiting factor for many players.
No shortcuts or secrets exist; becoming a better tennis player requires time and effort.
Transcripts
if you're serious about improving your
tennis there are two things that you're
going to need to do on an ongoing basis
number one is high quality practice on
court done consistently and number two
is work on improving your physical
ability so that you're capable of doing
the things that you're trying to
practice you have to do both of these
things if you want to continue to
improve because if you only do one of
them you'll improve a little bit but
then you'll plateau and you'll get stuck
at a certain level now I spend a lot of
time talking about improving your
physical ability so in this video I'm
going to be focusing on the way that you
practice the quality of your practice
and we're going to be talking about
exactly what you should be practicing
because if you work on the wrong thing
you won't improve and we're going to be
talking about how you need to practice
because if you don't practice in the
right way you won't improve so we're
going to cover both of them hopefully
you find the video helpful if you do
it'd be much appreciated if you could
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helps me out if you could do that as
well so let's start by talking about
what you need to work on because this is
really important when it comes to
improving something it takes a lot of
conscious effort you have to think about
it continuously and that means you can
only work on one thing at a time maximum
two things but realistically only one
thing at a time if you try and think
about too many things you'll simply not
do anything properly and you won't end
up learning and you won't end up
improving so because you're only able to
think about one thing at a time you need
to make sure that you're focusing on the
right thing and this is where tennis is
tricky because in order for you to
improve your forehand or your backhand
or your serve or whatever it is there's
probably a number of different things
that you do need to improve but you
can't work on all of them what you need
to do is fix the underlying problem or
the first thing that's going wrong with
your stroke I find when it comes to
ground strokes most players are focusing
on completely the wrong thing and I
think a large part of the blame lies
with coaches these days if you look
around the videos on YouTube there are
thousands of videos talking about the
forehand in the backhand and they're all
talking about the swing and what you do
with your Racket and your follow through
and the contact point and all that stuff
and it is kind of I it is very important
but when you watch the vast majority of
players play that are watching these
YouTube videos the mistake isn't the
precise way that they're swinging it
isn't the way that they're patting or
not patting the dog it isn't the fact
that they're not taking it at the Apex
or taking the ball on the rise the
problem is they're not set up in the
right position in time for their shots I
have a coaching program where I work
with players from all around the world
and players send me their videos for
technical analysis and 99 and I mean 99%
of the time the issue is nothing to do
with the biomechanics the issue is they
either didn't prepare quickly enough or
they weren't set up in the right
position for their shot now that might
not apply to you you might be one of the
players that needs to focus on some
particular aspect of the Swing but most
players that isn't the problem and one
of the reasons they never progressed in
terms of their technique is they you
know they're working on the for and and
they're worrying you know do I let go of
my rack at this point do I let go of my
rack at this point What's the correct
way to do the racket lag and all that
stuff when the real problem is they were
so close to the ball and they were
hitting the ball late that they didn't
have a chance of hitting a high quality
forehand and that's why they're never
able to fix the problem so you need need
to fix the first thing that's going
wrong in your stroke so that might mean
you need to focus on split stepping for
the next 6 months it might mean that you
need to focus on doing a unit turn for
the next few months until it's a habit
if you're working on your serve it might
mean that you just need to focus on the
ball toss and just getting into a good
loading position or maybe you're
starting from a half position and just
practicing the Ball Toss whatever the
first thing that's going wrong in your
Technique is that is what what you need
to spend time prioritizing now if you're
really good with the preparation and
you've got all that and you're a higher
level player then yeah definitely be
focusing on the the precise biomechanics
or whatever else you need to to focus on
and then you've got to take that
component that you're working on and now
what we're going to talk about is how to
actually perform the practice because
this is crucial as well just quickly
before we get to the next section on
practice I want to let you know about a
free tennis Vision starter program that
I've created for you cuz like I said
earlier in order to get better you have
to be capable of doing the things that
you're trying to do and the biggest
limitation for most players is the
visual system they can't read where the
ball's going quickly enough they can't
track it well enough they can't judge
distance and start their swing at the
right time so that's why I've created
this free Vision program to help you
improve your visual skills so you can
play higher level tennis I'll play a
place a link to the program up there and
I'll place a link down in the
description so you can start working on
it now that you know what you need to
work on we need to talk about how to
work on it because it's absolutely
crucial if you want to improve and
develop good habits and new technique
now at the start you're in the conscious
phase of learning so that means you have
to think about what you're doing
consciously so whatever I've decided
that I needed to do so say my problem is
my unit turn I'm not doing an effective
unit turn and I need to think about
doing my unit turn in a certain way I'm
going to have to think about those
movements because this isn't a natural
thing for people to do in everyday life
so you have to consciously think about
it okay I'm going to land from the split
step and as soon as I land I'm going to
rotate my upper body and my pelvis
together with my racket in this position
or this position or if you're on your
back hand this position whatever the
specifics of the unit turn that you're
doing are you have to focus on it and
you have to think about it and you have
to practice it at the right level of
difficulty and this is key and the level
of difficulty is going to depend on your
ability level so so for me or for
someone else the right level of
difficulty might be without a ball so
I'm working on my unit turn I need to
just practice doing this just doing my
unit turn over and over or maybe that's
too much maybe the split step is too
much maybe I just start by doing this
and then when I feel confident doing
this movement now I add in the split
step and maybe that's the right level of
difficulty
or maybe it needs to be a little bit
harder maybe you're past that and now
maybe you can do it using a ball machine
or someone feeding you the ball so
they're just feeding you the same ball
over and over again and all you're
thinking about is as they make contact
with the ball Landing from your split
step and doing the unit turn and
obviously you're going to try and hit
the shot and you're going to try and hit
the best shot that you can but your
focus is on the unit turn the only thing
that matters is did I land and did I do
that unit turn straight away if you hit
the ball Over The Back Fence it doesn't
matter because your job is to get the
unit turn so that's what you have to
practice at the right Lev level of
difficulty so often it's that
progression without the ball first then
with a really simple feed so just a
single feed you know exactly where it's
going that's kind of the next
progression then after that you can
challenge it by making the feed a little
bit more difficult so now maybe I'm
using a ball machine I'm feeding one
backhand and then I'm feeding one
forehand and all I'm working on is the
unit turn on the forehand the only
reason I fed the back hand is just to
distract me so that now when I come back
I've got to focus on the unit turn on
the forehand so the distraction is
taking my mind off the unit term so then
I've got to rethink about it and that
gives me the correct level of difficulty
to improve the unit turn the only thing
that I'm thinking about and then you
progress from there so maybe I'll just
work on a variety of feeds or now maybe
I can get into a rally situation and in
the rally situation all I am trying to
improve is the unit turn that's all I
care about how many times out of 10 did
I do the unit turn correctly again
doesn't matter where the ball goes It's
All About did I do the unit turn
correctly or if you're working on
something else say you are a more
advanced player and you're really
working on driving through your back hip
to initiate the kinetic ch pain on your
forehand or backhand all you're
evaluating yourself on is did I drive
through the hip appropriately on every
single shot so that's kind of how you
consciously think about something and
practice at the right level of
difficulty now we need to talk about the
number of repetitions it takes to go
from the conscious stage of learning
into the associative stage which is the
next stage and then how many it is to go
from the associative stage into the
autonomous stage where things are a
habit because that's where you need to
get to to if you want your new technique
to stick in a match so to go from the
cognitive to the associative stage where
you don't have to think about it so much
and it's not so kind of energy sapping
and focused it's about a thousand
repetitions so whatever it is that
you're thinking about or working on it's
a thousand high quality repetitions so
in the example I just gave it's a th
good repetitions of the unit turn to
move into the next phase and that takes
a decent amount of time I actually made
a video a few weeks ago maybe a month or
so ago where I was working on high
volleys now I'm naturally a right-handed
player unfortunately I injured my
collarbone in a mountain bik crash so
now I'm relearning to play left-handed
so I'm trying to become the best player
I can and one of the things I'm trying
to develop is a good attacking Net game
and I need to develop the habit of
keeping my head up through contact on
the volleys so I made a video and my
intent was to do a th000 volleys in one
session didn't know how long it was
going to take it took me about 3 hours
on the ball machine machine of just
continually volley volley volley volley
pick up the balls volley volley volley
so that was 3 hours to get through the
cognitive stage of learning and then
we've got another 9,000 repetitions as
we move through the associative stage to
get to the bit where it becomes a habit
so with those high volleys it's
effectively going to take me about 30
hours of practice 10,000 repetitions 30
hours of thinking about nothing else
other than keeping my head up on the
volley and that's what you need to do as
well it is a lot of repetitions to
create a new habit and this is why
players really struggle or one of the
many reasons players really struggle to
improve their technique because they
don't do enough repetitions thinking
about the same thing so if you're
working on your unit term you need
10,000 repetitions effectively maybe 30
hours worth of work just thinking about
the unit turn so that's a three you know
depending how off and you're playing if
you're playing three hours a week and
all you're doing is focus practice on
your forehand or on your backhand or
whichever side you're trying to improve
your unit turn on you know that's going
to take you 10 weeks of thinking about
nothing else now if you're not playing
three times a week it's going to take
you longer but that is how you actually
get better at stuff that's what you need
to do in terms of your practice you
can't shortcut the process the reason
that Pros are able to adjust their
technique is they spend so many hours on
court so they make an adjustment and
they do it but they just get 10,000 reps
done very quickly which is how they to
be able to progress so quickly but
obviously most people can't spend that
time that much time on court so you just
have to accept that if you want to
improve your Technique really develop
new habits high quality technique it
takes this length of time so it is
10,000 repetitions focusing on your unit
term then maybe 10,000 reps focusing on
your spacing then it's maybe 10,000 reps
focusing on driving through your hip to
start your kinetic chain and then it's
maybe 10,000 reps focusing on watching
the ball through contact done in that
order so that's 40 to 50,000 reps of
focus work to develop a high level
forehand or a relatively high level
forehand providing you've got the skill
to do it and that sounds like a lot but
this is the truth about how learning
works and how much effort it takes to
get better at tennis what most people do
is not this they try and do too many
things all in one go they try and do too
advanced a technique too early on in the
progression they end up not being able
to do it spinning their wheels getting
really frustrated and just getting stuck
at a certain level for most of their
life so hopefully you understand why I'm
explaining this to you I want you to
become a better tennis player and in
order for me to help you do that I have
to tell you the truth about how it works
there are thousands of videos out there
that say hit the ball like federa in
three simple steps learn jovic's backand
in 6 minutes 1 hour tennis
transformation these are the greatest
tennis players of all time we are not
going to learn their technique in 5
minutes there are no secrets to high
level tennis and professional techniques
it is about mastering the basics and
mastering the basics takes time you need
to practice in the right way you need to
focus on the right thing you need to do
enough high quality repetitions until it
becomes a new habit then you move on to
the next thing and that is how you
develop high level technique or better
technique and really become a better
tennis playero
okay so hopefully that all made sense
hopefully you found it helpful if you
got any questions about what I've
covered here leave your comments down in
the comment section I always look
forward to reading them a reminder about
the free Vision program Vision really is
the biggest limiting factor for most
people even with amazing practice if you
can't see the ball well you're only
going to get so far so a reminder about
that free program and I will catch you
next time
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