Making competitive tennis more fun is important. One way to accomplish that goal is to add humor to something serious like choking. Here are a couple of funny descriptions of choking. First, how about describing choking as gargling peanut butter? A second option is to describe it as driving a car with the emergency on. Picture it, did you ever see a player tighten up and hold back on their forehand groundstroke follow-through? Doesn’t it look like someone is driving a car and applying the emergency brake until they come to a full stop? Make players laugh about something as serious as choking and chances are it will help them deal with it much more effectively.
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Tony