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Court training video
Hi Guys and Girls,
Here's my first video for basic fitness training, on court. Do some 2-3 sets 1-2 times a week, and you're surely to see an improvement in your court speed, movement, and fitness. Better to do these sets BEFORE your practice, when you have more energy, so playing is your reward. If you do these after, there are chances you are more likely to avoid doing these sets, and make excuses. If you train with a friend, you could just mirror each other across the net, to make it interesting, fun, and team-like. Remember your water bottle and towel on court. Good luck!
Like and share if you find this useful. If you have any questions if you're not sure about something, just ask! :) Cheers, Julian
Just a relaxing hit
Casual practice : slower tempo allows for a chance to make for an enhanced relaxing technique. #meditative in mind
You Cannot Be Serious, Remixed
A remix by me of the John McEnroe "You Cannot Be Serious" scene :P #tennis #johnmcenroe #youcannotbeserious #wimbledon
Practicing one of the other racket sport.
What's your assumptions about learning tennis, or other sports?
Does it only have to be training on the court, and only in that sport? How are you training different aspects of your game through other forms of movements, actions, sports, or performance arts?
Mixing things up, doing inter-disciplinary activities makes things less mundane, adds new sensations and experiences, and develops areas of the body's capabilities in different and interesting ways, which you are quite likely not to receive in your 'primary' hobby, activity, or sport.
I play squash for a different kind of intensity, fitness, feel, craftiness of strategy and tactics, and creativity. Compared to tennis, playing across the net, this is definitely more up close and personal! :)
How are you exploring your potential?
#expandyourmind #expandyourgame #mixitup #exploreyourpotential
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 3 of 3
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 3 of 3
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 2 of 3
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 2 of 3
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 1 of 3
Reflections on meeting Roger Federer - Part 1 of 3
Basketball training - 20 shots
Hi!
Here is a better video. A nice moment too - I like how the ball hits the top of the basketball board, flies high up, and was available to catch. :)
I started playing around now with my #GoPro cameras to give myself (and others) a different perspective on what it might look like from a 3rd person view in contrast to a 1st person view.
I managed to get 20 balls in a row against the backboard. I hit 55 earlier in the summer, but haven't been practicing much. 1000 in a row seems like a really tough ask, even 500, so breaking the 100 ball barrier is more likely, and then increasing the number gradually is what I am looking for.
It doesn't help that the surface of this basketball court is not in good shape, so some randoms bounces makes it that bit more challenging! "Can I keep my wits about me when there are chances things will fail?", is a question to be answered, and I get to practice that question almost every second. Where do you go to practice that kind of question, with yourself?
That question reminds me of Rudyard Kipling's "IF" poem (read by Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal before their EPIC 5 set Wimbledon Final in 2008):
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;..."
This is my way of at least practicing that "If" part, without people, but with the ball, racket, brain, body, and vertical and horizontal surfaces.
Why do I do this? Focus and mental development. It's a form of moving meditation for me. I enjoy the challenge of, despite all the factors that could go wrong, there is the 'niche' / 'sweet spot" of what goes right. When I focus on what goes right and the feeling of it, I appreciate that delightfulness, and that 'rightness' grows. I enjoy having that! However, there is also the consequences and pain of not being present / focused / relaxed - having to go pick up tennis balls in the trees and grass, which, as
Basketball Training
Unfortunately I missed the match that Federer beat Djokovic at Cincinnati last night. Why? Because I was doing some 'basketball training'. ;) Using my #GoPro cameras on me and behind me, then later using video editing software to combine two videos together, here is some combined footage. #notenniscourtnoproblem #nowallnoproblem #focusisapractice
Dancing (or just various kinds of movement) - life would be ju...
Oooh, I gotta good feeling! :)
Can you imagine life without movement? Not just on the tennis court, but off it too. Life would be just too boring don't you think? Imagine being stuck on a bed all day or sitting still, when you body is designed to move many amazing different ways! Too much tennis as well, without fresh forms of movement, can work against you, hurting the body, and the mind, just like doing too little or no movement.
Working on the B and C and s part of ABCs (Agility, Balance, Coordination, strength (little s because strength falls under Balance). A bit of head bump
