The Skill of Anticipation
I have been playing tennis since I was five years old, and having a good anticipation skill helped me to succeed. Since childhood, I have been playing defensive style tennis while staying mostly on the baseline. In order to succeed and win matches, I had to run a lot during the competition and play many long rally points. Due to my playing style, I needed to conserve energy during the tennis tournaments to perform at the best possible level. Because of my playing style, I have developed my anticipation skills through playing a lot of tennis tournaments, and that experience helped me during tennis competitions. I won Lithuanian men’s tennis championship in the summer of 2016. My skill of anticipation was one of the …show more content…
According to the famous photographer Lawrence Schiller, “the most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where it 's going to take place. Not where the subject is now, but where they 're going to be.” The same rule applies in the game of tennis. In order to become a better tennis player, improving anticipation skills can be very beneficial. For example, if the player has a good ability to predict where his opponent is going to hit the next shot, he or she will have more time to get ready for the shot and will be in a good position all the time. Another benefit of improving the skill of anticipation would be saving energy. By anticipating correctly players would need to move less on the court and in that way would consume less …show more content…
Coaches can use various techniques in order to accelerate this process. There are certain drills that would improve players’ anticipation skills. One effective way to teach the skill of anticipation is to show demonstrations of all kinds different positions on the court and ask students for their opinion, which type of shots are the most appropriate from certain positions (Steinberg et al., 1998). For example, if the student demonstrates closed position on the baseline, it is most likely that he or she is preparing to hit the shot down the line. In addition, if it is an open position, like I mentioned before, it is most likely that the student is going to perform a cross court
I have been playing tennis since I was five years old, and having a good anticipation skill helped me to succeed. Since childhood, I have been playing defensive style tennis while staying mostly on the baseline. In order to succeed and win matches, I had to run a lot during the competition and play many long rally points. Due to my playing style, I needed to conserve energy during the tennis tournaments to perform at the best possible level. Because of my playing style, I have developed my anticipation skills through playing a lot of tennis tournaments, and that experience helped me during tennis competitions. I won Lithuanian men’s tennis championship in the summer of 2016. My skill of anticipation was one of the …show more content…
According to the famous photographer Lawrence Schiller, “the most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where it 's going to take place. Not where the subject is now, but where they 're going to be.” The same rule applies in the game of tennis. In order to become a better tennis player, improving anticipation skills can be very beneficial. For example, if the player has a good ability to predict where his opponent is going to hit the next shot, he or she will have more time to get ready for the shot and will be in a good position all the time. Another benefit of improving the skill of anticipation would be saving energy. By anticipating correctly players would need to move less on the court and in that way would consume less …show more content…
Coaches can use various techniques in order to accelerate this process. There are certain drills that would improve players’ anticipation skills. One effective way to teach the skill of anticipation is to show demonstrations of all kinds different positions on the court and ask students for their opinion, which type of shots are the most appropriate from certain positions (Steinberg et al., 1998). For example, if the student demonstrates closed position on the baseline, it is most likely that he or she is preparing to hit the shot down the line. In addition, if it is an open position, like I mentioned before, it is most likely that the student is going to perform a cross court