Patrick Cohn

Early US Open Exits – Mental or Physical?

Tennis Psychology

Are Early Exits Mental or Physical Errors? Have you watched the action at the U.S. Open? A lot of surprises this year. We’ve seen some early exits by top seeded players… Are these early exits caused by a poor mental game or physical game? For example, Ana Ivanovic

Tennis Podcast: Focus on Your Second Serve

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Staying Focused When Serving Welcome to session number thirty six 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

Dementieva: Having a Game Winning Plan

Tennis Psychology

Developing a Winning Game Plan Elena Dementieva’s success at the Rogers Cup in Toronto hadn’t been great – until now. Dementieva hadn’t made it past the second round (besides her semi final loss in 2003) since playing on the professional tour. Putting her record aside, Dementieva was able

Tennis Podcast: Starting Mental Training

Tennis Psychology Podcast

How to Start a Mental Training Program in Tennis Welcome to session number thirty five 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

Even Roger Federer Loses Focus

Tennis Psychology

Staying Focused in Matches Roger Federer demoralized Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters Tournament recently winning easily 6-1, 7-5. “It looks convincing, 6-1, 7-5, but a few points here or there, your focus is not right on break point, maybe you are the better man, but you end

Tennis Podcast: Coping with Mistakes

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Bouncing Back From Mistakes Welcome to session number thirty four 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