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Surprise! Federer Doesn’t Always Have His A Game

July 26, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

How to Play Functional Tennis And Win Ugly Do you feel like you always have to play with your A-game? Do you want to constantly feel “good” when you play? After a loss, are you able to move on and accept that today just “was not the day?” Tennis star, Roger Federer recently lost to Kevin Anderson in Wimbledon, with scores of 2-6, 6-7, 7-5, … [Read more...]

How Sharapova Played to Her Comfort Zone

July 16, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Overcoming Match Expectations in Tennis

Overcoming Match Expectations in Tennis Have you ever been up in a match and unable to finish? Do you sit on your lead and try to protect it? Have you been the "favorite" and expected to win... and lost? This scenario is quite common in tennis, and essentially all sports. Players or teams get ahead, start playing too carefully or "not to … [Read more...]

Nadal’s Mental Game Helps Him Win 11th French Open

June 25, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Nadal's Mental Approach at French Open

Nadal's Mental Approach at French Open Are you resilient? Does pain distract you during competition? Or, are you able to maintain focus and push through? Rafael Nadal recently clinched his 11th French Open, beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the final match. Nadal missed a first serve 2-1, 30-love and walked over to his chair. His … [Read more...]

How Nadal Responds After a Loss

May 22, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

How Nadal Responds After a Loss

Trusting Your Training and Skills in Matches Do you analyze or critique your game each practice session? Do you look to improve something in your strokes or serve? Maybe you work on a shot that you just missed in a match? Do you dwell on the loss, always thinking about things you can do better? If you lose, do you feel you HAVE to change … [Read more...]

Dealing with Cheaters During a Tennis Match

May 10, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Dealing with Cheaters During a Tennis Match

How to Cope With Cheaters on The Court Do you struggle with your emotions and focus when you are playing an opponent who is clearly cheating? Here’s a recent question I received from one of our readers: "How do you manage an annoying opponent; a cheater or a player who does things to disturb the opponent? And it’s not always easy to deal with … [Read more...]

How Mental Toughness Training Helps Tennis Players

April 20, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Mental Toughness Training Helps

Improving Your Tennis Performance with Mental Training "Why should I add mental toughness training into my training regimen? Isn’t all the physical training enough?" This is a great question asked by many tennis players. There is no doubt that tennis requires many hours to hone physical and technical skills. Without physical training, you … [Read more...]

Naomi Osaka’s Winning Mindset

March 30, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Naomi Osaka's Winning Mindset

Your Mindset For Beating Higher Ranked Players Competing against tough competition requires mental toughness... When competing against top competition, your opponent may be more skilled than you, but if you have more mental toughness, you can even the match court. Many tennis players lose the match even before they step on the court because … [Read more...]

How to Win Ugly in Tennis When Your A-Game is Lost

March 1, 2018 By Patrick Cohn 2 Comments

Staying Aggressive to Grind Out a Match

Staying Aggressive to Grind Out a Match Not having your "A" game may seem like a guaranteed loss. Think of a time when you didn’t have your “A” game or were off your game... At some point in the first set, you just knew you were off... You found it difficult to place your serve... You felt slow reacting to volleys... You had no … [Read more...]

Get Mentally Fit for Tennis After a Layoff

February 16, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Get Mentally Fit for Tennis After a Layoff

How to Comeback From a Layoff With Confidence Layoffs are inevitable in the sport of tennis if you play long enough. Nagging injuries, season-ending injuries, illness and personal issues are some of the causes of layoffs in your athletic career. The duration of the layoff affects both your physical and mental readiness to return to your … [Read more...]

What’s Your Mission in Tennis?

January 29, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Developing a Mission Statement in Tennis

Developing a Mission Statement in Tennis What is your ultimate mission as an athlete? What is your overall principle that guides your efforts as a tennis player? Many tennis players have never thought of creating a mission statement. A mission statement is a formal summary of your aims and values as an athlete. What kind of athlete do you want … [Read more...]

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