I received many interesting points from tennis coaches and players about this article and want to share some of them with you:

George van der Geest “Totally agree! I’ve had numerous interesting conversations with my students how to do this. What I discovered is that we (tennis players and professionals) how a strong faith that thinking helps us to solve difficult issues and that this same thinking about the end result (winning) will help us win our tennis matches. Unfortunately this is a contradiction in terms. The answer lies in finding out as to why an athlete puts winning a match before anything else. I like to use the logical levels of Bateson and Dilts and look at the levels of believe and identity. Then after this deeper dig work and providing the athlete is ready to lose they will start winning without this being their first priority it is a logical result.”

Alex Yep “I found that in the sport of tennis, you must focus in winning. This is one of the few sports with only two competitors. We have to say, one must lose. Losing does not feel good. A player must focus on channeling the positive energy which is the thought of winning and raising that trophy up in the air. To pump themselves up in the joy of victory. This is one aspect of mental toughness. The ability to focus on being the winner and to bring the edge to your side of the court. On the other hand, if you were to focus on losing which you will bring yourself down while you playing. I really think as a tennis player, you must choose to think as a winner. You only have two options, win or lose. Take your pick.”

David Izumi “Winning should never be the #1 goal in competition…I always teach and coach that winning is a process and players have to learn how to create their opportunities to win. This process begins with an understanding of their own abilities…Mentally, physically and emotionally then we begin to learn to problem solve.”

Savina Diankova “I like the discussion and support the comments. The famous quote of Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything”, is helping me to prove my point. Winning, like the success in life, is a result of hard work. If I look at the top of the mountain instead of climbing on the way to it I get lost. For me, if I have a plan during the tennis match how to outplay the rival and keep trying hard, soon or later it would happen. Recent example is the match Virginie Razzano vs. Serena Williams at French Open.”

What do you think about that? Is winning the number-one goal when you competing in tennis?

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