Question 1573: I can hit it on an empty court, but I get awkward when there is an opponent

Answer

▶The image is 'not' fixed

I see.

As expected of a former prefectural 3rd place athlete.

It is not that you don't have an image, but rather it is not fixed.

However, that is unavoidable.

Even Roger Federer makes big mistakes when his image wavers.

https://youtu.be/vvjKnE4Fc1E

It is not about athletic ability, but the effort to align reality with your image is what directly leads to tennis improvement (related article "Tennis does not require athletic ability").

Conversely, as long as there is a 'gap between reality and your image,' I can assert that no matter how good your athletic ability is, you will not improve.

▶Ivan Lendl's 'mistake of the century'

Speaking of the serve you asked about, it is the 'sorrow of Ivan Lendl' I introduced here.

Even before the receiver was present or absent, just by having Michael Chang change his position, he made the 'mistake of the century' at a crucial championship point.

https://youtu.be/4kSMYXPRing?t=18

Since 'the image wavers' just by having the receiver change their standing position, it goes without saying when there is an opponent (related article "The image will waver, forever").

Therefore, 'practicing without intent is meaningless'.

At such times, please try this related article 'Do not take a peek'.

▶To keep the image from changing

In many cases, after a server sets their stance, they tend to bounce the ball and then take one more quick look at the opposing receiver, but I dare to 'not look'.

Then, the tongue becomes 'Tenshindon'.

What this means is that once you imagine, 'Let's have Tenshindon for lunch today,' as long as you don't change that image to something like, 'Actually, let's have steak or sushi,' the image of Tenshindon remains even without you being conscious of it, meaning it will not waver.

If you hit without taking that quick look, it doesn't matter if the receiver is there or not, or if their position is forward or backward.

Conversely, when you are in the receiver's position, shifting your position forward and backward like that can be expected to have the effect of shaking the opposing server's image.

Through that ingenuity, Chan won the final point with a style of winning without fighting, never even hitting a single ball.

▶To leap forward, you must 'sink down'

While it may feel very difficult subjectively right now as you worry about your serve in various ways, you are at a point that is a hair's breadth away from a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This is because 'misfortune is a blessing in disguise' (related article:
A true story of yips. This person said that enjoying tennis is what's important).

Just like the Kumon method's step-down, because you sink down once, you will spring up like a spring. When you change to that perspective, it is easier to get on a positive cycle because the 'mood, temper, and feelings' that can be said to be essential for performance improvement

will rise.
Once you stop worrying, you will be the strongest.


Nordic ski jumper Sara Takanashi says you can get on a positive cycle by changing to a way of looking at things where 'you take care of your own mood' (related article: Take care of your own 'mood').

▶Is the yips a 'chance'!?

Thinking things like 'a crisis is the end' is also just a 'gap in the image of reality'.

Unless you are 'laid off,' you won't have the courage to quit your job.

Unless you are 'betrayed,' you can't break up with a domestic violence partner.

Unless someone like that gets the 'yips,' they will continue to carry the difficulty of living (related article: 'It was good enough at this level').

Therefore, if you are in such a situation, even if you can't call it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you can see it as a 'chance' (take care of your own mood).

▶The 'brain defect' that cannot affirm negative forms

I asked you last time, but you are no longer conscious of your 'form,' right?

However, the more you try not to be conscious of it, the more it becomes a 'blue elephant'.

The fact that you inevitably become conscious of it if it is in a negative form is due to the defective structure of the brain (related article: 'If you think 'don't eat,' you will want to eat').

Therefore, so as not to make you 'conscious,' you should sharpen your 'five senses,' which are in a trade-off correlation, and concentrate on the ball (related article: How do you concentrate on the ball?).

▶If you are in a hurry to solve it

I will be on a business trip to Thailand for about two weeks around March 20th to April 3rd.

I might keep you waiting for a reply until I return to Japan.

If you are in a hurry to solve it by then, such as because you have a match, it would be helpful if you could contact me as soon as possible.

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