| Date: Jan 3 2009 4:39PM |
| 10 Habits of Highly Successful Table-Tennis Players |
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| Rather than hoping one day you will become a good player you need to do the things that good players do. Therefore to be a good player you need to act as if you are a good player and the rest will/should follow.
Below are 10 habits of successful players for your consideration.
1. Good players set and implement practice goals they can achieve; with their coach.
2. Good players do not give up if they don?t succeed immediately at their goals; they accept personal responsibility for their own progress, rather than blaming anyone else.
3. Good players have a high work ethic; they work with greater effort and intensity during practice while having fun.
4. Good players practice exercises that they find initially uncomfortable; they choose tasks of varying difficulty in which their abilities will be tested.
5. Good players seek constructive feedback from their coach or someone they trust at frequent intervals about how well they are doing; they consider those comments and follow up on them where applicable.
6. Good players may value performance success rather than friendship formation as an outcome of competitive sport.
7. Good players practice, practice then practice some more.
8. Good players properly warm up then stretch before practice and important competitions.
9. Good players know to maintain a healthy lifestyle by avoiding foods that contain empty calories (i.e. sugary foods).
10. Good players plan their games rather than trusting to luck to win.
Dominic J. Small
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Sourced by: Dominic Small (Bsc Sports Science) |
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