How To Stay Composed After Losing a Close Set

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In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, welcomes back Joe Dinoffer, a Master Professional in both the PTR and USPTA, a distinction awarded to only a handful in the tennis industry. Joe also received the prestigious 2006 USPTA Tennis Industry Excellence Award. Joe is the author and editor [...]

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Do You Become Frustrated When You Lose The Lead?

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In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis parent about her son who is 8 yrs old and get’s down on himself when he lets the lead slip away. Listen to this month’s tennis psychology podcast to learn how to improve your performance [...]

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Does the Score Distract You in Matches?

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In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, welcomes back Ian Westermann, a USPTA certified teaching professional and host of the Essential Tennis Podcast. Dr. Cohn and Ian answer a question from a tennis player who plays well in the first set, then starts to think about the score. [...]

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Djokovic’s Tennis Mind: I Can Suffer and Win

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Do you have the mental stamina to fight to the end of a long, closely contended competition and never give up? Is your fitness strong enough to endure a five-hour battle so that you don’t lose your mental focus? Are you mentally able to push past the physical pain when your body is telling you [...]

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Take Your Aggressive Practice Game to Competition in Tennis

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Mental game expert, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a sports parent about his son who plays very well in practice but has trouble fighting it out in competition. He often losses to less skilled players. Dr. Cohn gives tips on how to bring your practice game to competition. Listen to this month’s tennis psychology [...]

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Podcast 74: Taking Practice Strokes to Competition

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Welcome to session number 74 of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn of Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In this week’s tennis psychology session, Dr. Cohn is joined by Ian Westermann of [...]

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Avoid Getting Trapped in a Training Mindset

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A common mental tennis challenge is that young players get trapped in a training mentality, which cause them to over-thinking or over-analyze their technique during matches. The problem starts in practice when you spend too much time in the practice mindset working on your strokes. Part of this training is critical to your improvement, but [...]

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Mental Toughness for Tennis Players

Mental toughness is an asset to your tennis game. Have you ever lost your composure after making a silly mistake? Have you doubted yourself when you’re losing in a match? Most tennis players at some point or another have struggled with mental game challenges such as focus, composure or confidence during matches. Although many tennis [...]

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Tennis Podcast: A Mindset for Trust

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 Welcome to session number twenty nine of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In this week’s tennis psychology session, you’ll learn how to perform in [...]

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Jankovic: How to Improve After Losses

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Jelena Jankovic fell to American qualifier, Melanie Oudin in the third round of Wimbledon 6-7, 7-5, 6-2. Jankovic attributed her unexpected loss to the heat, making her feel exhausted and dizzy. No matter if you are playing under tough conditions or aren’t playing your best tennis, losing can be hard to accept. No tennis player [...]

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