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School Holiday clinic - loads of fun, Oct 2
A Junior school holiday clinic is once again being offered by our club coaches on Friday Oct 2, 9.30-11.00 am, at a cost of $20. They are always such a great success, usually being fully booked out. Contact Kelsey to secure a spot 0408 731 065
What science tells us about the importance of mindset
What is a growth mindset?
A growth mindset is a belief that you can develop your skills and talents through hard work, the right strategies, and with proper guidance from others.
The term “growth mindset” was coined by American psychologist Professor Carol Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. She conducted extensive studies to explore how an individual’s underlying belief about their intelligence and their ability to learn could impact their performance.
Her research showed that those people who held a belief that they can develop their talents tended to achieve much more than those who believed their abilities are innate and fixed from birth. Those with a growth mindset would deliberately seek to challenge themselves to learn more, rather than sticking in their comfort zone.
Those people with a more fixed mindset, whose belief was you’ve “either got it, or you haven’t”, tended to give up quickly if they weren’t succeeding with any new endeavour.
In contrast, Dweck’s studies revealed that people possessing the “growth” outlook on life did not fear failure - instead perceiving the experience as an opportunity to learn and therefore improve.
Coaches from many sporting codes - tennis, basketball, football and soccer - are now encouraging their players to develop resilience by cultivating a growth mindset. Coaches have discovered it’s just as important to praise for effort, and not merely results.
There is now a firm basis of scientific evidence confirming that your mindset can have a powerful impact on your ability to improve and perform at your best.
“The growth mindset is based on a belief that your abilities and qualities are things you can eventually cultivate through your efforts. Although people obviously differ in many various ways - in their initial talents and inherent aptitudes, their interests, and their temperaments—everyone can nevertheless make a choice to change and grow through applying the necessary effort and being open to new experiences.” – Professor Carol Dweck, Stanford University
A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AT THE AUS OPEN FOR OUR JUNIORS
FINDING BALANCE
Bianca Andreescu speaks about her tennis career and her personal development journey
Bianca Andreescu competed at the 2023 Aus Open. She is a professional tennis player who commenced playing tennis early in life in Romania but eventually returned home to Canada, the country of her birth. She is a young woman who has experienced a wide range of emotions in her relatively short tennis career.
During her career, there have been a mixture of soaring highs and frustrating lows. She took a break away from the game for mental health reasons. But now she is fighting her way back, lifting her rankings from outside the top 100 to a current ranking of around world No.45 - although still short of her career-high No.4
She says that she competes with a refreshed perspective, benefitting from recent lessons and self-reflection on her tennis career journey.
“That's been the biggest thing for me this past year, is learning to love and accept myself as best as I can, regardless of whether I have won or lost a particular tennis match,” she told ausopen.com. “I read a lot of books on psychology, I listen to a lot of podcasts to try and better understand how the mind works. Honestly it's really helped me get to this point right now, having a sense of love for myself off the court. Because before, so much of my self-esteem was based upon my results and the outcome of my games - when I'd lose it would be like the end of the world. …..But now I feel much more in tune with myself.”
Andreescu has always possessed a notable self-awareness for somebody so young. She believes this maturity stemmed from travelling the world, often alone, since the age of 12 as she built towards a professional tennis career.
"I do a lot of inner work. I really believe that's the key to finding true happiness, joy and contentment in life."
Andreescu realises that when she is both healthy and mentally in a positive mindset, then she is better placed to realise her career vision.
"My purpose is to use tennis as a platform to help inspire others. And basically that's using my tennis results, and my tennis base to hopefully, motivate others to follow their dreams ……. I want to be known as someone who is hard-working, but who is also fun and heart-warming to other people. I want to be spiritually intact, someone who knows herself and who knows what she wants. And who's more than just a good tennis player but also a really good human being.”
ASH BARTY WINS WIMBLEDON 2021
3 lessons for our juniors
SOCIAL TENNIS
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Come along, join in the FUN -
- have a social hit of tennis, in small groups
- cost $5 per player
- register - simply give Kelsey a call (0408 731 065), so we can organise
- play on a casual basis.
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| Danielle presenting Steve with his Award |
The club was delighted to have Danielle Cornwall from Tennis Victoria, come along and conduct a fabulous training session for members of the club who will be volunteer hosts in the up-coming new Thursday evening "Get Your Racquet On" program (commencing Jan 23). The club is excited by the prospect of welcoming new players that we hope will be attracted through our participation in this Tennis Australia initiative.
At the same time, Danielle took the opportunity to present Steve Baldry with his Service to Tennis Award. Steve was typically humble in his acceptance of the Award, acknowledging the close working relationship he has developed over many years, with his mate Noel Hester (our club president).
Shout-out to Brian Cooke
One of Brian's many contributions to the club are the seat benches that appear on the sides of our courts 1, 2, 3 & 4
For the vets in particular, at the change of ends between play, these seat benches are well used in taking a brief few moments of "recovery".
Brian constructed all of these seat-benches himself, as well as supplying the materials - quite an accomplished handyman
