for Winning: Tennis

Here is an excerpt from the script used in this recording
(the actual script is much longer)

…Your toss is in the same spot every time. Your eyes look up to the contact point. Your arm and racket reach up to the contact point and you watch yourself make contact with the ball. And it is almost as though when you hit the ball, you have hit a missile on its way. It is going to its attended target. There is no way it is going to miss. It is going to go to that particular part of the service box that you have set up in advance. If you are serving a volleying you are going to toss in front and almost chase the ball to the net with a well-timed split step just before your opponent returns the ball. If you are serving and staying back, you will serve, and chances are you will be slightly in front of the baseline you’ll know that you won’t want to be stuck there so your feet will be in motion and You’ll be looking for the depth of your opponents return so you will know to go forward or backward. When returning a serve, this is another shot that you can control because you have time to think about it before it happens. You can visualize your target ahead of time. Visualize a hit down a line. Visualize a hit across court. Visualize a lob over your opponent. Will you keep the ball low to an incoming servers feet? You will pick this target ahead of time. You will have confidence. And execute your shot to perfection. Your forehand groundstroke today has a short back swing has a beautiful fluid contact point and follow through. Your head stays still. Your forehand is perhaps your strength. …