A Good Idea

Today I ran a clinic for 6 juniors. All good players - 10 to 13 years old. It was a 3 hour clinic and after a short warm up I sent them out to play a set (no ad scoring - for time reasoning). After each set we asked three questions.

1. What did you do well? Meaning, how did you win points? Might have caused your opponent to be more defensive or second guess their own game. 

2. What could you have done better? This is how your opponent beat you. Could be one thing or a few reasons that caused your opponent to be the better player that day. 

3. In the next set, what are you going to work on? Or how are going to improve from the previous set? 

Next time you are playing a set (for practice or in a tournament) ask yourself those questions. Evaluate yourself and how you were performing... it will only help you improve!! The best players are those who can quickly correct a mistake and the more you practice these habits the more likely you will be make those game time corrections.