My son has advanced enough in tennis to consistently beat me. Yeah, I can make excuses like recovering from major surgery or knee pain, but that would dismiss that he just is much better than me skill wise. It's to the point, I'm not much competition for him.
He was starting to get bored, so I decided to up the stakes. I had him spot my 4 games each set and 15 points each game. His immediate response was, "That's unfair!" Despite his complaint, that's how we played the next two sets, which I won handily. He showed a lot of frustration.
Of course, I explained to him why I had him spot me the games and points. I wanted him to mentally get used to being behind, and focus on winning points instead of worrying about the previous error. It didn't take him long to start consistently beating me again, despite the lead I had.
Then I upped the stakes on him again. After playing him for several weeks being spotted 4 game and the first game points, I could anticipate his play and shots about 50% of the time. Also, I knew his weaknesses, one of which was lobs. I started winning one set. Today, I won two sets.
However, my son has now keeps calm, forget about missed shots, continue to play hard and stay positive. This approach is also helping him as he plays in tournaments. He shows much less frustration than before, which is helping him win more sets.
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