Professional Tennis Mindset Articles

Pro tennis mindset articles and strategies for junior to professional tennis players to improve mental performance in tennis matches.

Hewitt: Tennis Confidence and Momentum

Tennis Psychology

Powerful Mental Game Assets Tennis confidence and momentum is super important to your game and the most powerful mental game of tennis asset. Momentum can help you find your rhythm and win a series of games or points in a row- with superior confidence. When you have momentum,

Two Tennis Mindsets for Tournaments

Tennis Psychology

What’s Your Tennis Mindset? I know of two types of tennis mindsets in tournament players when it comes to their approach to playing points. A tennis mindset for success is the player who focuses on winning points and executing good shots. The other type of player who has an avoidance

Federer’s Mental Toughness and Maturity

Tennis Psychology

Emotional Control in Tennis I find that younger players with less tournament experience struggle with their emotional control more so that veteran players on Tour. With maturity and greater mental toughness comes increased emotional and mental control on the court. Even Roger Federer early in his career would

James Blake’s Tennis Mental Toughness

Tennis Psychology

Learning From Mental Errors I don’t care how technically sound you are with your strokes, you can’t execute every shot perfectly. Even the pros miss shots. You will miss a few shots or not hit them dead center on the face of the racquet. You can view missed

Roddick’s “Happy Medium” Tennis Mindset

Tennis Psychology

Staying Composed in Tennis Do you try to hit perfect shots and can’t handle imperfection during play? If you try to play a perfect game, you most likely sabotage your mental game with high expectations for your performance. Your high expectations can backfire and have a negative effect on

Sharapova: How To Learn From Losing

Tennis Psychology

How Does Sharapova Deal With Losing? Winning is important for many tennis players. Winning can become so important that tennis players focus too much on winning during the match. Thinking too much about the outcome distracts players from the present moment and can be a source of stress. For example,