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
Tennis Psychology Articles
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
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...] about How Nadal Responds After a Loss
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