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
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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
How to Improve Consistency in Tennis Matches
Strategies for Developing Consistency in Tennis "I’m playing great tennis one minute then the next minute I can’t seem to do anything right. I just can’t seem to be consistent in my game. Is there anything I can do to improve my consistency on the court?" This is a common question we receive from tennis players. All tennis players search for … [Read more...] about How to Improve Consistency in Tennis Matches
How Osaka Thinks After Her Big Win
How to Perform Well After Winning a Tournament Winning a big match or tournament can provide a huge confidence boost for some tennis players, but there is a large percentage of tennis players that experience a greater sense of pressure after a big win. Big wins can translate into bigger expectations, which carry greater pressure... Pressure to … [Read more...] about How Osaka Thinks After Her Big Win
Conversations Can Change Your Mindset on the Court
How to Improve Your Self-Talk in Tennis I'm certain you've gotten down on yourself at some point during a match.... You might have trouble staying positive when you find yourself down in a match or after making a few stupid shots at critical times in a match... You begin to feel frustrated... You put yourself down and tell yourself how … [Read more...] about Conversations Can Change Your Mindset on the Court
Dealing With Fatigue in Tough Tennis Matches
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...] about Dealing With Fatigue in Tough Tennis Matches
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...] about Klaasen’s Mind Shift at Wimbledon
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...] about Surprise! Federer Doesn’t Always Have His A Game
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...] about How Sharapova Played to Her Comfort Zone
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...] about Nadal’s Mental Game Helps Him Win 11th French Open