Tennis Psychology Articles

“Bring It On” – Embracing Challenges in Tennis

Tennis Psychology

Overcoming External Challenges Tennis is a sport of many challenges: In order to play optimally in tennis matches, you must face challenges head on. Yet, many tennis players say: “I tend to back down during hard practices, close matches, important tournaments, and against skilled opponents. How can I

How To Apply Your Tennis Coach’s Feedback

Preparing for Lower-Ranked Opponents

Embracing Constructive Criticism Constructive feedback is essential to rise through the ranks and improve your tennis game. Feedback from your coach provides useful information, not only about your performance in a match, but how to perform better in future tennis matches. Feedback allows you to understand: Basically, feedback

Developing The Mindset Of Champion Tennis Players

Tennis Psychology

Improving Your Tennis Mindset Remember when you first started playing competitive tennis? In the beginning you weren’t very skilled and there were plenty of other players better than you. But that didn’t bother you… every match you played, you fought tooth and nail to win each point. The

Tennis Podcast: Staying Composed When in The Lead

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Does Your Player Become Nervous When In The Lead? In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis instructor whose player has difficulty when up in a match. When he is up 3-Love or 4-Love, he becomes

How To Overcome Fatigue And Finish Strong

Confidence Against Rivals

Mental Toughness to Fight Fatigue Have you ever been so tired during the end of a tennis match that your game suffered? Fatigue happens in competitive tennis due to the long duration of some matches. Fatigue affects players of all levels, including WTA, ATP or USTA players. Fatigue

Tennis Podcast: Does Your Player Tank With Unfair Competitors?

Tennis Psychology Podcast

Playing Difficult Tennis Opponents In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis parent whose player has difficulty playing against serious or “unfair” competitors. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips on how to improve confidence in tennis.