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We all have them. Those ingrained patterns that hurt our game, feel impossible to break, and always seem to resurface under pressure. For me, it's rushing. When the score gets tight, I speed everything up my serve, my decisions, my footwork and completely lose control of the point.
I know I need to break it, but in the heat of the moment, the old habit wins every time.
What's the bad habit you're consciously trying to unlearn?
Same problem here with rushing. Stress makes me speed everything up without realizing it. My trigger is falling behind in a game. My fix has been a physical anchor: before I serve at 15-30 or 30-40, I walk to the back fence and touch it with my racket. That five-second reset is mandatory and breaks the panic cycle.
Routines really help me. Taking extra time before serving forces me to breathe and reset.