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How does the mind of the baseliner relate to the attacking game?
Last month I wrote about my decision to incorporate more net play into my baseline game, and how that helped me win the most recent ITF Senior World Championship. (Click Here) Now in this article, I want to elaborate on the mental and emotional processes that were critical in that transition.
It’s commonplace for coaches to urge players at all levels to attack the net more. But in all honesty how often do players make that happen?
There are reasons why it doesn’t and I had to face them too. Primarily it has to do with a player’s mindset. The mindset explains why players play the way they do, the satisfaction they get from their games, and the inherent obstacles that prevent real change from happening.
This is a story about the mindset that drove my game for 30 years—what I call the mind of the baseliner. If we understand the mind of the baseliner we can understand why so many players resist the advice to add attack to their game. It’s true at the tour all the way down to the 3.0 club level.
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