News

Persistence in competitive sports

Decisive, positive action in apparently hopeless situations

Persistence is an Attitude!

One of the greatest tests of the competitive powers of any player is the capacity to stay in the court and to not give in to the ‘obvious’ fact that you are steadily losing the game. In tennis you never  know what is going to happen next. Your (apparently) invincible adversary may fall out of their zoning level of performance and become all too fallibly human again - and perhaps begin to make a long series of unforced errors!

The history of Jelena Dokic shows two very important aspects of competitive tennis: Firstly the enormous personal damage that can be done to tennis players by controlling, interfering and domineering parents; and secondly, she shows the deep powers of recovery from such damaging experiences by showing her resilience and by working with her talent, motivations and capacities for persistence. Leggi tutto »