Bigger Better Tennis - Paul Dale

TRAINING FOR PRESSURE: Why 95% of Practice Sessions Build Fragile Players By Paul Dale | The 3AM Method Most coaches treat stress like a disease to be avoided. They're accidentally building players who collapse in crucial moments of matches. You've seen it countless times: A player dominates in practice, hits every ball cleanly, executes perfect technique... then steps into a tournament and, during those big moments, they fail to deliver. Everything seems to leave them, their decision-making, their self-belief and their survival instincts. Points that should be routine become challenges. Here's what 50 years of coaching has taught me:  Stress and its related fallout could be the single biggest factor in poor tennis performance. But here's the real question that should keep every coach awake at night: What are we actually doing in our practice sessions to prepare players for the stress that will inevitably overwhelm them in competition? The answer, for 95% of coache...

Why Practice Champions Crumble in Competition  (And the 3AM Training Method That Fixes It By Paul Dale | The 3AM Method   Here's   something  most coaches need to understand: Every practice session that prioritises comfort over adaptability is, in effect, training players to fail when competition demands instant performance.   We're  approaching tournament preparation all wrong. Players  don't  need more stroke repetition in perfect conditions—they need systematic exposure to the unpredictability that defines competitive tennis.   Tennis players often struggle translating practice form into real match results. Your next tournament breakthrough  doesn't  come from perfecting technique in comfort. It comes from mastering what I call the 3AM Theory.   The Tournament Preparation Problem (You've Seen This)   Picture this: Your player dominates practice sessions with flawless strokes and confident execution. Perfect rhythm, cle...