inner game of tennis

Tennis Podcast: Practive vs. Match Mindset

Tennis Psychology Podcast

What Hinders Taking Your Practice Game To Matches? Welcome to session number thirty two 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

Djokovic’s Toughest Opponent: Himself

Tennis Psychology

Preparing Mentally For Matches Many tennis players are their own worst enemy when it comes to the mental game of tennis. When you’re your own worst enemy, you beat yourself and critisize yourself for making too many unforced errors or mistakes on easy shots. You’re impatient about success,

Emotional Control Leads Azarenka to Win

Tennis Psychology

How Dwelling on The Past Can Hurt Performance Tennis players can experience strong emotions during match play. Positive emotions, such as experiencing the thrill of hitting a winner can have a powerful effect on your mental game and thus boost your confidence and focus during the match. Feeling

Tennis Podcast: Confidence Rollercoaster

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Developing a Stable Level of Confidence Many tennis players can’t get off the confidence rollercoaster. Your confidence goes up and down based on immediate results. In this week’s tennis psychology session, you’ll learn: How to get off the confidence rollercoaster. Dr. Cohn teaches you the mental strategies to boost your tennis confidence. You’ll

Nadal’s Mental Game: Believe in the Win

Tennis Psychology

Having Confidence That You Can Win OK, I keep thinking about the Nadal-Federer match up. As I said in a previous article, the finals at the Australian Open were filled with tennis psychology gems. I talked about how Nadal knew who he was before the match and it

Tennis Podcast: Focusing During Practice

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Improving Focus While Playing Many tennis players struggle with keeping the same level of intensity in practice as in matches. Some players have a hard time staying focused during practice. In this week’s tennis psychology session, you’ll learn: How to keep your focus in practice and in matches. Dr. Cohn teaches you