Strategies to Push Through Fatigue in Matches Drained... Exhausted... Beat... Worn out... Gassed... Extremely tired... Do any of these words describe a match you recently played? How did you handle playing with fatigue? Were you able to dig deep and find a way to keep competing for every point or did you succumb to the tired feelings and … [Read more...]
Klaasen’s Mind Shift at Wimbledon
Improving Your Mental Game to Boost Confidence How much of sports is a mental game? 50%, 60%, or even 90%? "They say that sports are 90% mental and 10% physical. But that’s not true because no one is out there playing chess. Sports are physical, 90% physical and 10% mental. That last 10% though, the mental part is what can take you to your … [Read more...]
Surprise! Federer Doesn’t Always Have His A Game
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...]
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