Comments on Pattaya Tournament July 31, 2009

http://www.hi10spro.blogspot.com discusses the mental side

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[hi10spro]

in tournaments, you don't do this. you crush them so they realize what they have to work on--i'm not advocating play down, I'm advocating doing things so you can play hard yet your opponent in practice has a good match and it's more fun. no one wants to play someone that beats them 0, 0, but you dangle a 6-3, 6-3... and then, it's all cool. BUT if he talks trash, crush him 0, 0

[hi10spro]

YEP! it's the relaxation factor... your body/brain goes into cruise mode because deep down, you know you're going to win--in psychology, it's called peter's principle (?) where you don't want to stress so you relax mentally. the key is to 1) set goals to crush him (but not too cool) 2) (this is a better option) play a different style for practice or attack his strengths, to get rallies and work on things. he'll appreciate you better--have fun, and you will have a practice partner.

[thegarbageman21]

Kind of similar to what you were saying but I have a tendency to play "down" to my oppenents level. Im a 4.5 player with a 100-110 avg 1st serve. I played a 3.5 player today and I was framing and all sorts of bad tennis was going on. I actually had to change how i played. I ended up pushing him around instead of playing my game. Anyway I won 6-4,6-1 but I didn't play at my level at all. It should have been a fast 6-0,6-0. Do you find you do the same thing or know how to fix this problem ??