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In this episode, Brian and Josh discuss how tennis players can benefit by taking a constraints led approach. They talk about constraints that tennis players can establish in practices and matches, and differentiate between preclude and promote constraints. Although it may seem that constraints take away the freedom to choose, they actually give tennis players far more structure to make high-percentage and helpful decisions.
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"Ep. 248 - The Benefits of Using Constraints" is an episode of Tennis IQ Podcast. Runtime 38 min. Published March 27, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.