The Talent Code - What's the quality of your practice?

I recommend The Talent Code if you're serious about being the best player you can be. I've also just discovered the website http://thetalentcode.com/ which has useful summaries and pointers. Whether you're a coach or a player I'm sure there will be something that you will learn or reconfirm that will improve your game.
It's also fascinating.

For me it reinforced the importance of 'deep practice'.....what sort of practice am I doing? how regular? how purposeful? So many people in tennis "just hit", or only play matches. And they're guaranteed to carry on doing what they always have done. When I'm busy with work and family I need to keep finding the spare chinks of time to do a 60 minute session here, a 30 minute run there, as well as to do the 90 minute to 2 hr sessions.

Coyle's book covers three key areas:

1. The neurological processes of laying down skills - Myelin - Deep Practice
2. What Deep Practice really is, and isn't
3. The role of the coach in 1. Giving really specific skillful feedback, and designing the learning environment 2. Igniting the passion of the performer to learn.

  " Tony Huber says:

March 31, 2010 at 1:39 pm

This book gets rid of many of the myths about innate talent. I have coached many top professional tennis players, include my wife Liezel the current #1 doubles. Everything in the book is true and really makes you reframe your ideas on what it takes to be great."