Podcast 73: Expectations Limit Junior Players

Tennis Psychology Podcast for Players and Coaches

Welcome to session number 73 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, Dr. Cohn addresses pressure and how it can [...]

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Playing Your Best Tennis Under Pressure

Tennis Psychology Podcast for Players and Coaches

 Welcome to session number fifty 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 psychology strategies. In this week’s tennis psychology session, Dr. Cohn teaches you how to [...]

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Did Federer Psych Out Murray?

Mental Game of Tennis

The TV media had a lot to say about Federer’s post-match interview after he beat Tsonga in the semi-finals to jump into the finals at the 2010 Australian Open. Going into the finals, Federer said that it was more important for Murray to win the first set than him. Translation: He felt Murray was under [...]

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Tennis Podcast: Boost Trust Under Pressure

Tennis Psychology Podcast for Players and Coaches

Welcome to session number thirty three 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, Dr. Cohn teaches you how to [...]

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Lack of Tennis Confidence Despite Success

Tennis Confidence

I’ve written a lot about the importance of confidence in tennis. I call confidence a cure-all for the mental game because it’s so powerful to other parts of your game. For example, when you have high confidence going into a match, you are relaxed and won’t feel anxious or tense about playing well. OK, so [...]

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Psychology of Juniors Who Play for Others

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When I ask my students: Who are you playing for? They look at me like I have two heads. My students think: “Of course I play for myself.”But when we take a closer look at it, they find out that they are playing to please others or to gain respect from a parent. Tennis juniors [...]

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