Can Boredom Motivate You To Mastery?

Boredom in a lesson isn't always a bad thing. Maybe having too many choices allows us to avoid the arduous stuff. Let's not run sprints to the net or shuffle drills and just work on our serves for the next 45 minutes - it's too hard and too big of a bummer. Let's rally instead!

But if the only choices are those drills or nothing, after awhile, the boredom of nothing is likely to push a player over the edge and get them to do the tough stuff.

Show Notes

What is it going to take to get you to do the tough stuff?  Not disappointing yourself or your coach?  The shame of others in your group or across the net on the other court weighing heavily on your heart or mind?   How about the uncomfortable competition with others in your group or even the coach who is younger in age or the feeling of wasting your money and your time?  

Maybe an alternative to all that is boredom.  

What would happen if you took away all the choices and let boredom work its magic?  A type of kid bored that forced the student (and the coach) to make their own fun?  Would they get so hungry that they would do the tough stuff if that was the only option?

In this episode, we explore the option of boredom as a motivating force in any tennis lesson to do the tough stuff.  

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