Mental Tip!
1. The best all-around mental repair tool is the simple phrase, “bounce -hit” It cures, at least temporarily, most of the big pitfalls. Whether you’re upset, angry, nervous, or just distracted, repeat this phrase to block out negative thoughts and return your focus to where it belongs, the ball. The present mental performance.
How to concentrate?
2. Probably the hardest time to concentrate is when you’re getting ready to return serve. Your opponent has the ball, so your mind seems to sense that this is an opportunity for a little time off. The next thing you know, your mind is about which movie to watch tonight are rudely interrupted by a chunk of rubber and fuzz coming in at 90 m.p.h. The ball is being delivered and again bounce – hit applies this keeps your mind on the present.