Stressful in matches

U r stressed b/c ur body is moving faster than mind, so pump your mind up...b/come motivated to win..control the outcome, resistance the temptation to be controlled.

I think stress can be defined as being in resistant to what is happening at the very moment. I find that I get stressed if I really want to win but the points tell a different story: such as playing a lower level player and I'm losing. Maybe try to avoid caring excessively about winning or losing or even neglect looking at the points. Focus at the point at hand or even better - playing each stroke as each ball comes.

Stress comes over us as we become stuck in our heads too much, creating mental images of things such as what will happen if you lose to this person for example. Become aware of thoughts such as; "This cant be happening", "I hate long pimples", "If only he didn't get that net at match point...", "My rating points are going to drop so much" and just play the game we all enjoy. When we are thinking these types of thoughts, we are avoiding thinking of the current game, not allowing us to device strategies to win or correcting our own techniques. Being stressed in-game is a negative spiral: making the probability of losing immensely greater.

Leave all EGOs at home.

when i�m at tournaments before the matches start, i speak to myself(in my mind xD)how much fun it will be to play and how good i will be whether i loose or not,so you are not stressed about winning or loosing.
whe the match starts i try to focus by warming up, and when i feel im too nervous i *cho* it out,then i feel more free and can focus much better on the game(it also makes more fun when you�re into it)