How to Overcome Nerves and Enjoy Tennis Again Do you feel nervous before matches and are under a lot of pressure to the point where you don't want to play the game anymore? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Dwayne who's questioning whether he should continue to … [Read more...] about Should You Quit Tennis?
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Are You Getting Aced By Slower Serves?
How Can You Prepare Mentally For Serves? Are you getting beat on your return of serve by getting aced by slower serves? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Tony about getting aced by slower serves and how this is so frustrating. Here's what Tony had to say about … [Read more...] about Are You Getting Aced By Slower Serves?
How to Play Opponents That Get Into Your Head
How to Stay Focused on Your Tennis Game Do you struggle with playing 3 or 4 specific opponents and keep losing to them over and over and it gets into your head? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Megan who struggles to beat a few specific opponents. Here's what Megan … [Read more...] about How to Play Opponents That Get Into Your Head
How to Let Go of Comfort Zones in Tennis
How to Keep Your Lead in a Match Do you ever find yourself cruising along in a match and the second set or third set you're in command and controlling your opponent and then all of the sudden, BOOM! Something happens and you lose the match? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question … [Read more...] about How to Let Go of Comfort Zones in Tennis
What’s The Challenge With Perfectionism?
How to Manage Your Expectations on The Tennis Court When you lose your cool on the tennis court, do you give up, thank or start pushing the ball? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Sarah who needs help managing her expectations. Here's what Sarah had to say about her … [Read more...] about What’s The Challenge With Perfectionism?
How to Take Your Tennis Game to The Next Level
Improving Your Mindset When Playing Higher Ranked Players Do you have trouble taking your game to the next level and maybe beating that person that is 1 level ahead of you or higher ranked than you? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Riley about how do you take your game … [Read more...] about How to Take Your Tennis Game to The Next Level
Overcoming Double Faults in Tennis
Helping Young Tennis Players Stay Composed Do you have a young tennis player that tends to implode after a couple of double faults on the tennis court? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a questions from a tennis parent. Ramona wrote in and said: "My son is 11 years old. He's been … [Read more...] about Overcoming Double Faults in Tennis
Improving Confidence, Composure And Focused
Improving Mental Game Skills in Tennis In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Isabella, who wants to become more confident, focused and calm on the tennis court. Here's the question I received from Isabella: "What exercises can I do to make me more confident, focused and … [Read more...] about Improving Confidence, Composure And Focused
Do You Overthink In Between Match Points?
Does Your Internal Chatter Distract You During Points? In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Ed, who is struggling with internal chatter. Here's the question I received from Ed: "I can't stop the internal chatter and as a result I don't stay focused on the ball. I look away … [Read more...] about Do You Overthink In Between Match Points?
Bouncing Back From Missed Points
Improving Composure After Missed Points In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Paulina, who is a tennis mom. Here's the question I received from Paulina: "My son is 11 years old and he is a good player and has good technique. He's agile and passionate about tennis. The … [Read more...] about Bouncing Back From Missed Points