Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the biggest differences in tennis between top players and good players is the difference to play important points.
The difference is in the flow.
Flow is a magical state where everything looks easier. Move, hit, think are all well connected.
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has devoted himself more than anyone else to the study of this state of consciousness not marked by effort, and the term he proposed for it, FLOW, has entered the language.
People who experience flow describe it as a state of natural concentration, a concentration so deep that they lose all sense of time, of themselves and their problems. And the joy that comes from it is so great, according to those who experience it, that Csikszentmihalyi calls it the optimal experience. (Think fast, think slow)
In my opinion this state comes from high self confidence.
Confidence includes the concept of faith, a positive approach that everything will go in the right direction, even if it will happens in a long term.
Faith is believing in the process that will leads to the goal.
This attitude couldn’t be an aptitude and rationally can be reached, but also with a little bit of foolish especially in depression moments.
Will power to improve and grow up everyday has to be the MUST, the first requirement for every player that aims to ambitious goals.
