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...] about How Nadal Responds After a Loss
Tennis Psychology Articles
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...] about Dealing with Cheaters During a Tennis Match
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...] about How Mental Toughness Training Helps Tennis Players
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...] about Naomi Osaka’s Winning Mindset
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...] about How to Win Ugly in Tennis When Your A-Game is Lost
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...] about Get Mentally Fit for Tennis After a Layoff
What’s Your Mission 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...] about What’s Your Mission in Tennis?
Using Positive Emotions to Help Your Tennis Game
Improving On-Court Play Using Your Emotions Are emotions good or bad when playing in a tight tennis match? Many tennis players feel they need to play emotionless in order to play at a high level. Playing without emotion is impossible. Every player, and person on the planet for that matter, experiences an emotion every second of the … [Read more...] about Using Positive Emotions to Help Your Tennis Game
Your Mindset for Playing Higher Ranked Opponents
Staying Confident When Playing Opponents Ranked Higher Do you get anxious when going up against top ranked opponents? Does your anxiety overwhelm you and cause you to play well below your capabilities? When playing against higher ranked opponents, you might notice several issues at play that affect your performance: (You can remember these … [Read more...] about Your Mindset for Playing Higher Ranked Opponents
How to Rebound After an Injury
Using Your Injury-Timeout To Your Benefit Injuries STINK! It can be devastating when injury strikes, especially when you are coming off a personal best season... or have busted your butt in training... or had a great start to a new season. Withdrawing from a tournament in which you have advanced past the quarterfinals, nagging injuries that … [Read more...] about How to Rebound After an Injury