Competing in tournaments?

well congrats in entering your first tourney..i'm sure it was kinda nerve-wrecking as well as exciting...

anyway maybe cos its your first you're a bit overwhelmed by the pace of shots...for me personally the 1st tourney i participated in i got to the semis...when i was 13

the main issue is to force your opponent to play "your" game...sounds easy..but not so.

lemme tell you my trick in doing so...

every tennis player even you and i will have certain shots which we feel most uncomfortable with...so its ur job to play every shot and find out which shot ur opponent likes the least...and keep on going at it...

if he's weakpoint is going for low forehands..keep on hitting lowballs to his forehand...etc

hope it helps ya...

cheers

You just need to realize that tennis is more than hitting a ball and running and diving from side to side; tennis is a game of numbers and strategy. To enjoy tournament tennis, you need to sort out the different types of players. It's like the blackjack tables at a Las Vegas casino: there are the counters, who know exactly what they are doing, know when to take risks, and understand the game beyond its basics, and then there are the ones who think they are bigshots, just sticking to basic strategy and frustrating the house when they get lucky. Finally, there are the rich but ignorant players who just enjoy the high life and barely understand basic strategy.

Those three types of blackjack players translate into: skilled, fast ball movers and experienced players, pushers, and "my-mom-made-me-play-but-I'll-just-enjoy-myself " players, if we're talking about lower-level tournaments. You need to learn how to play against each one, and I have to say winning will almost always be ugly at a level below let's say college tennis.

It took me a good three or four tourneys to get used to pace, but I'm 15 and I've been playing tournaments for almost five years now. Just remember that you are only better or worse than your opponent; being a "good" player is an abstract statement.

I hope I helped.

Why would you consider of getting angry during tournament, I am telling you that said idea is not a nice thing to deal with, because if your emotion is high during that time, then you will totally loss your focus, timing, patience and self control, things that running in your thoughts is just an offensive actions, you are keep on attacking without thinking the consequences on what you are doing. Before the tournament, warm-up is the very important things, you need to stretch yourself and release those pressures and stress that storing in persons body, because those things are one thing that slowing a person during active motion. . . . . . . . .

For me it costed nearly 7 to 8 consecutive loses. only then I gained confidence. I suggest you to play more tournaments and practice more only then you gain confidence in you service forehand and back hand. You could have put some more details how you played and your age group so that ppl here would have given you some tips. Since it is your first tournament your forehand might have not been effective and you might have bent your arms while returning and you would have not given much force and might have pushed the ball in instead of beating the ball.

I took all of my experiences from my first tournament and brought it to my second, third, fourth... tournament. Eventually things started to change. After that, I actually had lots of match practice during my training sessions. This helped a lot and it began enhancing all of the areas I required improvement in. This means match practices will definitely help you out.

All of this took me over 2-3 months. It wasn't easy but all of that time used was worth it.

play more tournaments and practice according to that