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– Ubedljivo najteža mi je bila 2014. godina. Igrao sam kvalifikacije na jednom turniru, uzeo sam prvi set 7:6, ali sam se mučio sve vreme. Verovao sam da ću pobediti, ali moj mentalni sklop je bio negativan sve vreme. Osećao sam se isto u drugoj rundi i rekao sam sebi da ne želim da igram na taj način i da treba da idem kući. Nije bilo važno ni to što sam igrao dobro jer sam bio toliko negativan da nisam mogao da razmišljam. – počeo je teniser.

Kako dalje piše, prestao je na neko vreme da se bavi tenisom, a razmišljao je i da počne da se bavi nečim drugim.

– Tužan period jer sam u životu znao jedino da igram tenis, ali nisam uživao u njemu. Pokušao sam da nešto učim, neke lekcije s fakulteta, ali nije to funkcionisalo za mene. Duboko u sebi znao sam da samo želim da igram tenis, ali borio sam se sa nečim u sebi. Želeo sam da izađem na teren i da mi bude u redu da sam izgubio pod uslovom da sam radio naporno na treningu. To je suština tenisa – greške, porazi, pa onda nađeš novi način da pobeđuješ.

Na tri meseca je prestao da igra tenis, a za to vreme je radio nn sebi.

– Pročitao sam nekoliko knjiga za samopomoć, i još neke iz oblasti psihologije. Nisam igrao na nižerazrednim turnirima kada sam prestao, već na grend slem turnirima i trebalo je da budem srećan. Znao sam da moram da promenim nešto u sebi. Počeo sam da budem otvoreniji, saznao da ima dana i kada se moji roditelji i sestre osećaju tužnima i kada ne žele da izađu iz kuće. Stvar je u tome da će biti dobrih i loših dana, a sreću treba pronaći. Želeo sam da se vratim na teren ne da bih bio savršen igrač, već da bih ponovo uživao u tenisu kao kad sam bio dete. Budio bih se i govorio sebi: ‘Ovo će biti dobar dan’“. – završava Pelja.

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“2014 was by far my toughest year. I was in qualifying of a tournament where I won the first set 7-6, but was struggling the whole match. I felt confident to win the match the whole time but my mindset was negative the whole time. I felt the same way in the second round and told myself I don’t want to play this way and needed to go home. It didn’t even matter if I was playing well I was so negative that I couldn’t think.I stopped playing tennis for some time. Not only did I stop enjoying the tournaments, travel and practice, but the effort it took to play at the top level was too much for me at the time. I was thinking that I should maybe try something else, another job. It was a sad time for me because all I knew in life was tennis but now I wasn’t enjoying it. I first tried to teach some lessons when I stopped and also take some college classes, but none of that worked for me. Deep inside I knew I only wanted to play tennis but I was fighting something in me. I wanted to get back on the court and be okay with a losing a match if I worked hard in practice. That is what tennis is about. It is about making mistakes, losing matches, playing poorly and then coming off the court and finding a new way to win. I stopped for about three months where I worked a lot on myself. I read a few self help books, and others in the world of psychology. I wasn’t playing low level tournaments when I stopped, I was playing Grand Slams, I should have been happy. I knew something inside me had to change. After this time I started to open up more. I found out that there are some days when my parents and sisters feel sad and don’t want to leave the house. The idea that you will have good and bad days and it is just about finding your own happiness. I wanted to come back on the court and not hit perfect forehands, backhands or serves but to enjoy it. I wanted to enjoy it like I was a child again. I would wake up and say to myself, ‘This is going to be a good day’.” @guido_pella⁣ ⁣ Go to behindtheracquet.com for extended stories, podcast and merch.

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(Tenis Uživo, J. Erdei)

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