[teaser title=”Player Journal” button_title=”View Journal” button_link=”http://www.evansvilletennis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018_player_development_journal.pdf” new_tab=”yes”]Using a journal is a great way to put into words what you are experiencing on and off the court. Players frequently track their practice habits, goals, improvement and failures in their journal. Journals can be used during the match to glance over a strategy you wrote down or key things to remember to do during the match.[/teaser]

[teaser title=”Habits For Tennis Success: Training The Mindset And Skills In Practice” button_title=”Learn More” button_link=”http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/news/habits_for_tennis_success_training_the_mindset_and_skills_in_practice/” new_tab=”yes”]The best tennis players separate themselves from the rest not solely because of talent, but because they have excellent habits that lead to their success. It seems that world-class tennis players have a number of habits that they do in their own individual ways, but that are similar to the 10 Habits for Tennis Success.[/teaser]

[teaser title=”Pre-Match Tips” button_title=”Learn More” button_link=”http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/pre-match_tips_preparing_like_a_champion/” new_tab=”yes”]Preparing to play a tennis match with positive energy is similar to entering the highway when driving. You don’t want to enter the highway at 30 mph; you may get run over! Instead, if the speed limit is 65 mph, accelerate to 55-60 mph as you enter the highway.[/teaser]

[teaser title=”In Match Routines” button_title=”Learn More” button_link=”http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/during_the_match_stay_engaged_focused_and_disciplined/” new_tab=”yes”]Routines are important not just before matches but also during the match. Champions commit to habits of excellence that are followed with discipline. This page includes the advice Player Development coaches give to their players on being fully engaged as a professional during matches.[/teaser]

[teaser title=”Post Match Tips” button_title=”Learn More” button_link=”http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/post-match_tips_recover_and_refocus/” new_tab=”yes”]Routines are important not just before and during matches, but after the match as well. Champions commit to habits of excellence that are followed with discipline.

Post-match, the goal should be to recover and professionally prepare the body and mind for the next opportunity to practice or compete.[/teaser]

[teaser title=”Recovery In Tennis” button_title=”Learn More” button_link=”http://www.evansvilletennis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/recovery_project_coaches_booklet.pdf” new_tab=”yes”]Recovery is a complex paradigm focusing on recovery from training – session to session, day to day and week to week. The Sport Science Committee of the USTA sponsored an extensive evidence-based review of the available literature on tennis-specific recovery.[/teaser]