Staying Focused in Matches Tennis can be a game of psychological warfare. Sometimes, your opponents will delay the game (tying their shoes, switching out balls, arguing calls, making a scene of the court, excessively toweling off between points, feigning injury, delaying the game, expressing emotional outbursts) to get
Mental Toughness to Improve Your First Serve Your first serve is critical and one of your most important weapons in your tennis game. Your first serve sets the tone for the point… Hitting your first serve with pace, spin and placement gets you into your rhythm and ahead
Pregame Warm-Up Routines The warm-up is important prior to a tennis match. A warm-up gets the blood flowing to the muscles, allows you to get into a rhythm, gets you accustomed to the court conditions. A warm-up also establishes your timing, provides a feeling for your strikes and
Mental Training to Stay Focused At the 2015 Australian Open, Andy Murray suffered one of his biggest psychological meltdowns in his career during the final match… Murray was defeated by Novak Djokovic 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0 losing 12 of the last 13 games. What happened to the fourth-ranked
Improving Your Mental Strength What makes Novak Djokovic the number one player in tennis today? He certainly has all the shots, but what about his mental toughness? Does he just have an incredibly high confidence in his ability? Is he able to battle hard when he’s down in
Mentally Preparing For Tough Opponents “I like winning more than I like losing…”, Maria Sharapova said during an interview this week at the Australian Open. Not only is Maria Sharapova currently #2 in the world for tennis, she is one of the most mentally tough tennis players on