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He's
Improved His Game. So Can You.
By Jay Davern
Andy
Roddick’s success since teaming up with Brad Gilbert
in June 2003 has been punctuated with a number of career highlights:
a grass court title at Queen’s Club, being a semifinalist
at Wimbledon, two Masters Series titles, qualifying for the
Masters Cup, Grand Slam Champion at the U.S. Open, and the
year-end world No. 1 ranking.
The major reasons for Roddick’s im-provement are his
new businesslike mental approach and his refined strategy.
Here are some lessons that you can learn from Roddick’s
fabulous second half of 2003 and how you can apply them to
your game.
First, don’t allow anything to affect your concentration.
Roddick’s mental approach has improved markedly. Now
he is amazingly calm, and he concentrates with razor-sharp
focus, whereas before he was getting too pumped up, wasting
energy, being distracted by line calls and arguing with chair
umpires. Everybody can learn to improve his or her concentration
by using this focus technique. Try to:
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