At 11 that day, a friend and I walked over to Court four where the world’s No.1, Roger Federer, was expected to get there at 11:30am. Already jam packed with about a few hundred people, there was barely any room to move.

As the time neared, the place was packed with fans who enthusiastically waited to get a glimpse of the Swiss Maestro. With the sun soaring at 95 degrees fahrenheit, we watched him warm up and start hitting balls. To be frank, it was quite uneventful and was supposed to last 2 hours.

So, slowly, we squeeze out of the crowd and come to an open space. I look up at Court four on the other side to see a tall, lanky player dressed in a pink Nike T-shirt and white shorts hitting a few balls. I try to look closer and indeed came to see it was Juan Martin Del Potro.

As he came to the exit gate, there were 6 fans waiting for him to earn his signature and he did sign. As he signed my picture and proceeded to my pal, I told him “I wish you the best of luck in your competition today.”

He turned around and had a huge grin on his face and claimed “Thank you so much for your support.” He seemed like he was extremely pleased about what I had said to him.

As he won yesterday, the irony of this situation just came to my thoughts. The fact that essentially nobody was at hand to root for him and Federer had a ton of fans. Sometimes, it is better to be let alone than to be constantly followed.

Del Potro played a fabulous match this week and is totally worthy of his championship. Vamos!

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However, it is also true that you no one can be a successful psychologist of others without first understanding his own mental processes. Therefore, you must study the effect on yourself of the same thing occurring under various circumstances. This is because you react differently in different moods and under different conditions.

You must understand the effect on your game of the resulting irritation, pleasure, confusion, or whatever other form your reaction takes. Does it increase your efficiency? If so, strive for it, but never offer it to your opponent. Does it rob you of concentration? If so, either remove the cause, or if that is not possible, try to ignore it.

Once you have accurately measured your own reaction to circumstances, observe your opponents in order to decide their characters. Similar temperaments react similarly, and you may judge men of your own sort by yourself. Other characters you must seek to compare with people whose reactions you know.

Someone who can control his/her own psychology stands an great chance of determining those of another for the minds works along definite lines of thought and can be examined. One may only regulate one’s own mental processes after examining them meticulously.

A steady, unemotional baseline player is seldom a quick thinker. If he were, he would not stay on the baseline. The physical appearance of a player is often a fairly clear indicator of his/her type of mind. The stolid, easy-going player, who normally advocates the baseline game, does it because he does not want to activate up his/her slow mind to think out a reliably safe strategy of getting to the net.

However, then there is the other type of baseline player, who would prefer to remain at the rear of the court while supervising an attack intended to disrupt up your game. He is a much more dangerous player and a deep, keen thinking antagonist. He achieves his/her results by changing his/her length and direction and worrying you with the variety of his/her game. This player is a very good psychologist.

The first sort of tennis player mentioned above simply strikes the ball without much thought about what he is really up to, while the latter always has a definite plan and sticks to it.

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Remember they want your cash!

All manufacturers are trying to convince you that their product is the best for you! So you must get it clear in your mind what you need from a new table. You must focus on what is important to YOU before you buy a table. Are you playing with a few mates in the garage after school, or can you see yourself as the next Olympic Champion, because in this day and age not many people have got money to burn right!

Is this your Families First Table Tennis Table.

If you intend to allow all of the family to use the table I would suggest looking to the budget end of the market. Lets face it young families tend to give a table a hard time when learning, so it makes sense to buy carefully at first, and later upgrade if somebody shows real flare and commitment to the sport.

Fixed or Folding Table.

Few people have the room to leave a table tennis table set up permanently in the house so i would recommend a folding table as they are very easy to use, and make good starter tables. Ensure the table can be setup and closed by 1 person. Good tables have rollers so you can move it around. You don’t want your table to move during play, so ensure the brakes work well.

Even if you determine that you can leave your table set up all the time, things can, and inevitably do change so a folding table can make very good sense in the long term.There are many factors to consider when making a big purchase such as this.

Is Table Thickness an issue?

Tables that are used for competitions are always 25mm or 1 inch thick and are quite expensive for most users. I think most people will be perfectly happy with a good quality 19mm table. I’m sure even Olympic champions didn’t start on top spec competition standard tables so consider all the options first. Manufacturers like Stiga make marvellous tables, so unless you can find a 25mm table at an irresistable price, this would be my recommendation.

When you are playing competitions it makes sense to practice on a table of the same standard as your competetors, so now is a good time to upgrade.

Don’t just look at the playing surface.

Good tables don’t just have a great playing surface, make sure you check out the support legs. All good tables have leg levellers. This is essential if you plan on playing outdoor table tennis. All Tables should be 76cm from ground level. Quality is crucial if you want your table to last, so look at the ancillaries like net fittings, are they going to fall apart?

All these small points add up and you deserve to get a good quality product for your money. These days good quality and value for money are important and if you follow these points I’m sure you will find a great table

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Football Stadium Tours

Any soccer fan would love to visit the favourite team’s stadium. And that’s what you get with a football stadium tour. From visiting the dressing rooms and – most importantly – the trophy rooms, you will learn all about the history of famous clubs like Arsenal or Liverpool and even walk down the tunnel to the pitch itself. An ideal birthday or christmas gift ideas for the soccer lover, I’m sure you’ll agree.

Lord’s Cricket Ground Ultimate Tour

If football isn’t your game, then may be a tour of the legendary Lord’s Cricket Ground would be more your sort of thing. It’s enough to excite any keen fan of cricket, that’s for certain. Walk in the footsteps of cricketing legends, like Boycott, Botham and Willis; visit the museum, the players dressing rooms and the Long Room. Hows-zat for a gift experience! The MCC Lords Cricket Ground tour would be a perfect birthday gift idea for the cricket lover in your life.

Wimbledon Experience

Wimbledon – one of the Grand Slam tennis venues and the home of tennis in England. This legendary venue – which has been host to never-to-be-forgetten finals such as Bjorg and McEnroe and Agassi vs Sampras – is yours to discover. Take a complete tour of this typically English venue. You will even get to visit many of the areas that are out of bounds even for tournament ticket holders. However, you don’t need to worry; no umpire will call you out for a foot fault! You will even get tickets to the centre court for a day’s play, during what is regarded as the highlight on all tennis players and tennis fans circuit.

A Round Of Golf

Relax with a round of golf. With top courses around the UK and Ireland, there are gift experiences to suit all skill levels. You can learn how to swing a golf club, book a lesson with a Pro, or simply take to the fairways with your friends.

Don’t give a sideline gift; get in on the action with a super sporting gift experience instead.

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Why don’t we just go back to the Eighties for a moment and try to remember some of the great Tennis players that showed us their talents back then.

The 1980’s has to be synonymous with undoubtedly the greatest ever player to have graced the Tennis courts, that is until his retirement at an early age. This could only be the one and only Bjorn Borg.

Another great Swede to entertain us all on the Tennis courts had to be none other that Stefan Edberg. This man could serve and volley for fun, and it was this talent that eventually got him to the number one spot in Tennis, but that was more to the end of the Eighties.

Another excellent player of the Decade had to be the German Maestro, none other than Boris Becker. Another great talent who is probably best remembered for his Wimbledon win when he was only a teenager.

Then there was the Great Czech, Ivan Lendl. Lendl won a few grand slams and quite a few more tournaments in his time, but his baseline play was probably his greatest feature.

I suppose the most memorable player of the Eighties had to be the American bad boy, John McEnroe. Not only was he a brilliant player at singles but he was a mean doubles player as well, and when things did not go all his own way, he always used to shout at the line judges “you cannot be serious, the ball was in!” – unforgettable and fun.

All of these played a major contribution to Tennis in the Eighties, along with many others, but when I think of Eighties Tennis, these are the ones I remember the most.

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The really dangerous player is the one who mixes his/her style from back to fore court at the command of an ever-alert mind. This/her is the player to study and learn from. He is a player with a definite purpose. A player who has an answer to every query you present him in your game. He is the most subtle opponent in the world of tennis. He is of the school of Brookes. Second only to him is the player of slavish determination that fixes his/her mind on one plan and adheres to it, bitterly, fiercely fighting to the end, with no thought of changing.

He is the player whose psychology is rather easy to understand, but whose mental viewpoint is difficult to upset, for he never permits himself to think of anything except the business at hand. This/her player is your Johnston or your Wilding. I respect the mental capacity of Brookes more, but I admire the tenacity of purpose of Johnston.

Pick out your type from your own mental pattern, and then plan your game along the lines best suited to you. When two men are in the same class as regards stroke, strength and equipment, the deciding factor in any game is the mental standpoint. Luck, as it is called, is usually no more than grasping the psychological value of a break in the game, and turning it to your own account. People talk a lot about the “shots we have made.” But few people realize the importance of the “shots we have missed.”

The science of missing shots is just as important as that of making them, and at times a miss by an inch is of more value than a return that is killed by your opponent. Let me explain. A player forces you far out of court with an angle-shot. You run hard to it, and getting there, drive it hard and fast down the side-line, missing it by an inch. Your opponent is shocked and put off his stride, realizing that your shot could just as well have gone in as out. He will expect you to attempt it again and he will not take the risk next time. He will try to play the ball, and may fall into error. You have thus stolen some of your opponent’s confidence, and increased his/her chance of error: all this by a miss.

If you had merely popped back that ball, and it had been killed, your opponent would have felt increasingly confident of your inability to put the ball out of his/her reach, while you would merely have been winded without result.

Let’s just say that you had succeeded with that shot down the sideline. It was an apparently impossible get. First it amounts to TWO points, because it took one away from your opponent that should have been his/her and gave you one that you should never have had. Second it also upsets your opponent, because he feels that he has lost a big opportunity.

The psychology involved in a game of tennis is very interesting, but readily understandable. Both player begin with equal chances. However, once one player has gained a real advantage, his/her confidence rises, while his/her opponent stresses, and his/her mental viewpoint becomes weaker. The only objective of the first player is to hold his/her lead, thereby maintaining his/her confidence.

If the second player draws even or pulls ahead, the inevitable reaction is an even greater contrast in psychology. There is the natural confidence of the leader, but coupled with the great stimulus of having turned a seemingly sure-fire defeat into a probable victory. The case of the other player is the reverse. He is apt to lose confidence and play worse. The breakdown of his game plan soon follows.

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I will turn to the novice in my opening article and write of certain things which are second nature to the experienced tennis player. The best tennis equipment is not a lot of use for the beginner even if he really is trying to improve. Nevertheless, one has to purchase good quality; it is a saving eventually, as good quality goods far outlasts poor quality equipment.

It is important to always dress in tennis attire when playing tennis. The question of selecting a tennis racquet is a much more serious matter. I do not advocate forcing a certain make of racquet upon any player, since all the standard makes are excellent. However, it is on the weight, balance, and size of handle that the real value of a racquet frame depends, while good stringing is essential to get optimum results.

After having selected your racquet, make a firm decision to use only quality tennis balls, as a consistent bounce is a great aid to advancement, while a “dead” ball is of no use at all. If you really want to succeed at the game and progress rapidly, I strongly urge you to see all the good tennis you can. Study the play of the leading players and strive to copy their strokes. Read all the tennis instruction books you can get your hands on. They are a great help.

Much more tennis can be picked up off the tennis court in the study of theory and in watching the best players in play, than can ever be learned in one’s own actual play. I do not advise that you should miss opportunities to play tennis, far from it. Play tennis whenever possible, but try when playing to put into practice the theories you have read about or the strokes you have watched.

Do not allow yourself to become discouraged by lack of progress. The way of playing some stroke you have worked at over weeks in vain, will suddenly come to you when you least expect it. Good tennis players are the result of hard work. Very few players are born geniuses at the game. Tennis is a game that pays you interest all your life. A tennis racquet is a letter of introduction in any city.

The fellowship of tennis is universal, since none but a fit sportsman can succeed in the game for any lengthy period of time. Tennis offers relaxation, excitement, exercise, and pure enjoyment to the person who is bound hard to his job until late afternoon.

The following order of development produces the quickest and most lasting results: 1. Concentration on the game. 2. Keep the eye on the ball. 3. Foot-work and weight-control. 4. Strokes. 5. Court position. 6. Court generalship or match play. 7. Tennis psychology.

Concentration. Tennis is played primarily with the mind. The most perfect racquet technique invented will not be enough if the directing mind is erring. There are many causes of a distracted mind in a tennis match. The main one is loss of interest in the game. No one should play tennis with any expectation of real success unless he cares enough about the game to be willing to do the practice necessary to learn the game properly.

Pack it in immediately unless you are willing to work very hard. The weather, conditions of play or the noises in the gallery usually confuse even experienced match-players playing in new surroundings. Total concentration on the game is the only remedy for a wandering mind, and the quicker that lesson is learned the quicker the improvement of the player.

The best way to keep a match in focus is to go for every set, every game in the set, every point in the game and, eventually, every shot in the point. A set is merely a collection of made and missed shots, and the man who misses the least is the ultimate winner.

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If you are in a tennis match and are, quite frankly, getting your butt kicked, you should seriously consider changing your strategy.

The problem is that too few do that and end up the loser. If you have a game plan that isn’t working you have change it, simple as that.

A change of strategy should be included in your game plan, if something isn’t working it’s time to change it. There are players who you expect to lose to, changing tactics may surprise them and you end up the victor.

A serve and volley player relies on getting in to the net to make winning shots. If this isn’t your normal way of playing they are going to beat you soundly, so adapt your game and rush into the net at every opportunity.

These are attacking kind of players and if you take that away from them they will struggle. Forcing an attacker to defend is a great tactic that should earn you a good few points.

You’ve probably guessed by now that all these strategies are basically finding your opponents Achilles heel and exposing it. Those players who are slow around the court need to be made to run all over the court so they are exhausted.

Your opponent literally won’t know what’s hit them when you play them at their own game. They will think they know your game and now you’ve caught them completely off guard and they are way out of their comfort zone.

Little changes like these can make all the difference between winning and losing. Bear these in mind next time you are playing and find yourself falling behind; you literally have nothing to lose, but a whole match to gain.

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There is no other surface quite like clay to have a game of tennis on. The strong red color is very attractive and literally makes tennis a whole different ball game!

Whether or not you have yet to experience playing on a red clay court, I have a few fascinating facts about this unique surface to share with you.

A player who constantly serves and volleys on other surfaces will find themselves really struggling on the class. As will those whose success depends on the accuracy of their booming serves.

If you do ever see a player approach the net while playing on clay, it is a very rare thing indeed. Those who rely on their booming serve will also find that it hasn’t the effect on this surface as it does on others.

So why is the strategy for this game so different? Well, it is very simple, the clay is a thick and heavy surface which sticks to the ball and therefore slows it Down considerably.

So as where you are used to seeing a ball hit the surface then rise at great speed, you will be seeing the opposite happening on a clay court.

There have been some marathon tennis matches played on clay, and that has been because the ball has slowed as it hits the surface and given the player time to be able to reach it.

The rallies are obviously longer and shots easier to reach than they would be on the fast courts. A sure fire winner on grass is probably reachable on clay.

Although the ball is easier to reach, the faster player will always have the advantage over their slower opponents.

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Nowadays, many people who love to play table tennis are now playing ping pong outdoors. You have to consider the fact that there is a big difference in playing ping pong indoors and outdoors. In indoor ping pong, the environment is controlled. You never have to deal with the wind and you can set up the lighting however you like.By playing outdoor table tennis, you will encounter wind that will force you to adjust your shots carefully, and you might also be momentarily blinded by the bright sunlight.

The summer months is pretty much the only time that you could really get away with enjoying a game table tennis outside. Why you might ask? This is because if you play in any other season, you will encounter stronger winds that will make it virtually impossible for you to play table tennis.

The table tennis ball is very light and can be easily affected by the wind. The occasional breeze is not something that you have to worry about and it is even welcomed to add to the fun, but stronger winds can seriously detract from the game play. If you are a really accurate player indoors, that really doesn’t matter when you step outdoors to play as you will definitely need to make some adjustments.

Being able to go outdoors and enjoy the sun is another reason that you should consider playing outdoors. You get to enjoy the benefits of all of the fresh air that you would miss out on if you were stuck enjoying a game inside all day. If the sun is shining to hot, try enjoying a game under the shade of a tree.

When you plan on enjoying a game table tennis outdoors, it is important that the table should be set up on a flat concrete surface. Although playing on a grass surface is something that sounds very nice, setting up a table on a grass surface could very well disrupt the game as chances are the surface of the table would not be flat.

The table that you decide to get need to have wheels on the bottom and be designed to withstand outdoors play. Having a table that is made to handle harsh weather environments and made with the intention of being moved around a lot will make it stand the test of time a lot better than would a table that is meant to be indoors. Even though an outside ping pong table is made to be able to use it outdoors, the elements outside can degrade materials no matter what they are made of so it is not a good idea to leave your table outdoors.

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