Some wisdom from Harold Solomon on playing like a savvy player. This quote is from Paul Fein’s excellent book The Fein Points of Tennis.
”I tried to be calm out there, when I competed.
You want to use your head…not lose your head.
You want to figure things out. You want to be the problem solver, not the problem.
So many people end up becoming the problem by losing their composure. You want to have fire in the belly. You want to use that fire and intensity in the right way.
So many players today, especially at the junior level, think their job is to be their biggest critic when they miss a shot.
Your job is to be thinking all the time and not let your emotions cloud your judgment.”
Ashleigh Barty is sorely missed from the tennis scene as she was the epitome of a savvy player who surely used her head and her heart in every match.
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