Playing Difficult Tennis Opponents In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis parent whose player has difficulty playing against serious or “unfair” competitors. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips on how to improve confidence in tennis.
How to Regain Your Tennis Confidence Have you lost confidence in a certain stroke or part of your tennis game? Imagine playing a match where you have no confidence in your first serve… Every time you step to the base line, you become nervous… You are so afraid
Mental Toughness in Tennis Mental toughness can help you persevere through tough times, “tough out” close matches, help you overcome mistakes quickly and keep your confidence in tact no matter who you play against. Can you recall a tennis match where a dose of mental toughness could have
The Mindset of Playing Your Strengths Which strategy do you utilize in tennis matches? Do you play to your strengths or do you look to minimize your weaknesses? Trying to minimize weakness is the strategy of playing it safe to avoid failure. Avoiding mistakes is a reactive method
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