API Tennis

You may have heard the phrase ‘practice makes perfect’ or the improved ‘perfect practice makes perfect’. Neither phrase, however, quite captures the complexities behind practice. For example, one way to improve your tennis game is to just go out and play tennis - or multiple games over and over. This sort of general practice certainly has some benefits but ultimately will lead to skills that plateau quite quickly. No successful coach would tolerate this type of regular practice. The best coaches know they must maximize the impact of practice, no matter the skill. Here are three key components of deliberate practice that you can employ when creating your HireVue Coach sessions. Rather than play a game of tennis, break it down into multiple skills such as a serve, backhand, lob, or volley. You can do this with soft skills too-- for example, breaking down delivery of a new product message into specific sections such as introducing the product, asking questions about customer need, etc.