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How to deal with a bad day at practice

For any college athlete of any sport it is inevitable that you will have one bad practice within your four years of playing.  It can honestly be the most frustrating thing because you play at a level that you know you are far beyond.

For me this most recently happened to me on Friday 2/09/2018 for me that day any offensive shot I went for went out as well as any first serve, and when that happens you build up unneeded pressure upon yourself  which wont help in preforming better.

My advice would be pretty standard.  When frustration was building up I had to remain calm and go back to basics, with mental reminders and slowed my pace down, and after a while my game did eventually returned to me. 
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  1. YarFebruary 14, 2018 at 3:08 PM

    Would a constant ritual between point, help?

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    1. wordFebruary 25, 2018 at 5:08 PM

      Yes of course, since having consistency helps someone to remove the frustration out of them when playing bad. After all, Rafael Nadal has a ritual between points and he turned out a pretty "okay" player.

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