Confidence means a feeling of trust and firm belief in yourself or others. Everyone learns how to be confident in various ways, but I never expected to learn confidence through tennis. When playing a tennis match your objective is to be victorious, and I always thought that’s how you gain confidence, by winning matches. But now I realize that that’s not true. Despite playing in countless matches, I consider this peculiar match the most hardest, not physically, but emotionally and mentally. As I entered the club, where the tournament had been held, I felt the familiar accelerate of my heartbeat. This happens every time due to nervousness regardless how many matches I played, this rapid heartbeat before matches never seems to change. I scan players already in the building while I wait, suspecting possible players that would be my opponent. When I was looking at players, I’d notice that I was …show more content…
“D-D-Do you want all three balls?” I stuttered, you could almost hear my fear and nervousness gushing out of my words. However, my opponent didn’t seem to care that she had called the line judge. Afterwards, when the line judge came in we explained the situation, I got the point because he had explained us that if the ball is on my side of the court then it was my call whether the ball was in or out. Even though I won the point I didn’t feel as though I had won anything. We resumed the match, but I had become afraid because I knew little back then about the line judge’s limits were. I became so nervous that I started making unforced errors, unforced errors are when you lost the point because you had made a mistake like you hit the ball out of the boundary lines. Me making unforced errors were due to my lack of focus and that lack of focus came from my emotions getting the best of
What does it mean to possess confidence? Confidence is one word that has a vast impact on today’s society. Without confidence one’s whole life could and will be turned completely upside down. The meaning of confidence is having, without a doubt, total belief in oneself. Self-confidence is something that cannot be taught, but instead learned through personal experience. The autobiographical narrative, “Fish Cheeks,” by Amy Tan, is about a fourteen-year-old girl who describes her thoughts and feelings about the minister’s son and reveals to the reader that she is not accepting of herself. Throughout my life I have learned not to let others dictate my opinion of myself, because who I am or where I originated from is qualified and in reality, no one is capable of standing in my shoes. “Fish Cheeks,” written by Amy Tan, is a
I looked in their faces and knew mine mirrored theirs. I didn’t want it to, but it did. Just ten minutes ago, we all were so jubilant. We were so sure we were going to win. We had all wanted it for so long, but we finally felt is as our destiny just a few moments ago. But as our opponent threw the ball in the air, I knew she was just about to serve another ace. However, when the ball landed three feet in front of our best passer, something snapped inside of me.
Performance psychology involves the process of facilitating the development of skills needed by the performer during his time to shine in a performance. Also, the process is almost entirely related to the events prior to the performance since they are the foundation of the desired result. This preparation involves practicing not only physically, but also mentally, psychologically, spiritually, and emotionally. In fact, the physical aspect of a performance has much less bearing than the mind and soul aspects. Tennis is a perfect example of this. No matter how much a player practices, if in the face of a match the player becomes too nervous, all of his body will freeze and will make unforced errors very easily. That used to happen quite often at the beginning of my matches until I managed to train my mind to stay focused on playing rather than winning. I also remember reading a book about tennis when I was about 8, and there was a question that said something like, “How much of a tennis match is technical, tactical, physical, and mental?” and several professional players answered by saying that the mental part contributes with just about the entire game. At first, since I had not experienced a real, challenging match before, I thought to myself, “No, that’s not right. It’s 25% each. It makes sense; it’s math”. Looking back I realize how silly my comment was because I had no idea what a true performance was like, and that the physical aspect although important, is more relevant in the preparation for a match. Any performance is made up of various smaller elements that each contribute to the big picture, just like the piece of a puzzle; however, each one has a unique placement that no other piece can fill in.
Some people may think that tennis is just a blow off sport, that it doesn’t take any talent, and anyone can do it. I started playing tennis about 4 years ago and I remember how hard it was to learn. One of my best friends and I started playing together and his dad had taught him how to play, when he first started teaching me I got really frustrated because I would keep hitting the ball out and I found out that playing and coaching tennis was much harder than it seemed.
Tennis is a sport that most people don’t normally think about on a daily basis. The first thing that comes to mind is that it’s a boring sport for those in a higher class or somewhere off in the depths of France or Britain. Even so, the history of tennis is something that is quite interesting and the games involved can be profound. How did the sport of tennis come to be? Are there any variations of the sport? How has the equipment changed throughout the years? Why is tennis still around today? All of these have piqued interest at some point with a great amount of people, with the latter being the most interested question.
The age of overwhelming strength and stamina governing sports is over, and the age of the mentally tough athlete has arrived. Athletes are no longer the superficial jocks and robots programmed to accomplish one goal, victory. Modern athletes ranging from the high school to professional levels are faced with many pressures and temptations, normally outside the realm of their sport. These pressures can inhibit an athlete’s performance substantially; therefore, the pressures need to be dealt with by psychologists. The effectiveness of sports psychology is demonstrated through the fields many theories, applications, and variety of techniques and procedures.
Confidence is defined as belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities, self-confidence, self-reliance, assurance. Confidence is something that these characters must have in the stories that they are in. Confidence is something that every person should have in order to succeed in anything that they do. Being cocky and having a swagger all comes from having confidence. Heroes in every story are known to have tasks that they must take on things and overcome obstacles that are more challenging than any other character in the story. The tasks they take on can be anything from realistic everyday life pro...
Tennis is cruel and challenging, it’s a sport of variety. Tennis is a component of ranking, trust, partnership, teamwork, hardworking and much other knowledge. It teaches me how to build up trust with my partner, and also, recognize the dark side of this world, countless competition in everyday life. Everyone is trying to take your position, and only thing you can do is let them take it or fight for it.
Throughout the past few weeks and months I have been attempting to alter my behavior whilst on a tennis court, many times when I play or execute a poor decision or shot I often react in a negative way with negative thoughts such as doubt as well as negative actions like: shouting, throwing my racket or hitting the tennis ball out of frustration. This often leads me to lose concentration, which in turn increases my frustration as I will continue to lose points as well as stile thinking about the error i made before. It is very important that I change this behavior because it will allow me to maintain focus throughout tennis matches, furthermore I will offer much less of a mental advantage to my opponents as they will not know how I am feeling
Tennis is a sport that many people love to play. It is not the hardest sport in the world to learn. When playing against someone, it is called a match. Tennis can be played one on one or a doubles match. The main object of the game is to hit the ball over the net, inside of the lines so that the opponent can't get to it. There are two lines about two feet parallel to each other that outline the court. In a singles match, the inner line is the out of bound line, while the outer line is out of bounds in a doubles match. If you want to play, take a look at my two favorite tennis players because they are masters at serving and scoring, a few key aspects of the game.
Self-confidence is needed for success in sports. However, success is also essential in the enhancement of self-confidence in competitive sporting. This confirms that there is a great correlation between self-confidence and success in sports performances. Self-confidence is the degree of personal belief and trust in one's abilities, judgments, traits, strategies, and qualities. Self-confidence can be attained through the accumulation of unique achievements across the different competitive
My love for tennis blossomed at the young age of eleven. During middle school my peers knew me as the boy who was remarkably talented at tennis and I savored that title. Butterflies floated throughout my youthful body whenever someone complimented me. As the years passed, my dad nurtured me into a top player. Before I knew it high school arrived and it was time to compete at a higher level. My excitement was out of this world, but I knew my dad could no longer push me forward and my future was up to me. However, the ego I developed over the years blocked what lie in front of me. I wasn’t looking at the bigger picture; the hard work demanded of me, teamwork, and the motivation to reach an ultimate goal. Throughout my four years of participating
Tennis is a healthier sport than golf, and has several more health benefits. There are many studies and researches that have been done that prove this point. The first point is being affordable for everyday families and very easily accessible for them. Next are the health aspects of the body, it vitalizes the body and mind, reduces the risk of heart disease, and increased of burning calories especially during competitive play. It also proves to be ideal for children, with childhood obesity at a dangerously high rate, tennis is a phenomenal Cardio workout. Tennis is known as the sport of a lifetime for the many perks mentioned and because it teaches self-discipline, respect, sportsmanship, and causes fewer injuries. However golf does have an advantage over tennis in older age groups because of certain serious medical conditions, golf is a more ideal for activity.
...ars, stand out above other students, and even help improve test scores. Confidence is usually built off of accomplishing past goals and taking that experience into the next. This is why ping pong is such a great confidence builder, there are so many goals to be accomplished in the process of playing. Every time someone picks up the paddle there is a chance to accomplish something new.
Although self-confidence may not seem to be a vital part of a person’s composition, it helps shape the individual’s personality and how each person view themselves, which will be a part of them for their entire life. Self-confidence is said to be a feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities, and judgement (Confidence). When you meet someone for the first time, you can typically tell if they have self-confidence. Why do some people seem to have it when others do not? There are many factors that come to play when determining one’s self-confidence starting with where it comes from, to why people have self-confidence, as well as the positives and negative of having self-confidence.