Nina's Goals — Spring Into Fall
A working sheet, not a wish list. Each goal has a way to tell if it's actually happening — a goal you can't measure is just a hope.
Turn clean strokes into match wins — especially the close ones.
Why it matters: the strokes are already there; what's missing is the serve and the nerve to win tight matches.
- How we'll know: a three-setter she wins by staying aggressive, not by hoping her opponent misses.
- This week: play a practice set where every big point is played on offense.
A second serve she can trust.
- How we'll know: she hits a second serve on a break point without hesitating or floating it.
- This week: kick-serve spin reps; target boxes with margin, not the lines.
Play offense on the big points.
- How we'll know: on a pressure point, she hits through the ball instead of pushing it back.
- This week: first-strike patterns; big-point simulations.
A lost point stays one point.
- How we'll know: a double fault or a bad call followed by a calm, committed next point.
- This week: the turn-strings-breath routine after every point in practice.
The one that isn't a skill
Stay positive in a tight match.
- How we'll know: her body language at 4-4 in the third looks the same as at 4-0.
- Nobody claps for this one. But it's the habit that lets everything else hold up under pressure.
Pick one target every time she trains or plays, put a number on it, and chase it. The goals don't move — the evidence stacks up.
