Unconditional Confidence - Drills on Court

Key Points

• Drill: Feed short balls to the forehand and backhand where you focus on swinging freely and being aggressive
• Before the start of each point say ‘free with no guarantee’
• Conditional confidence only allows for conditional access to your current ability
• Unconditional confidence is always available
• “No matter how I feel and no matter who I’m playing against, I give myself permission to play freely without a guarantee”
• Tightening up when playing shots can affect your coordination; as opposed to swinging freely which actually helps your coordination
• The challenge can be to continue to swing freely when you miss and that’s where accepting your feelings and not letting them control your actions becomes important