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
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.
How to Regain Your Tennis Confidence Have you lost confidence in a certain stroke or part of your tennis game? Imagine playing a match where you have no confidence in your first serve… Every time you step to the base line, you become nervous… You are so afraid
Mental Toughness in Tennis Mental toughness is a powerful ally for any tennis player. Mental toughness can help you persevere through tough times, “tough out” close matches, help you overcome mistakes quickly and keep your confidence in tact no matter who you play against. Can you recall a
The Mindset of Playing Your Strengths Which strategy do you utilize in tennis matches? Do you play to your strengths or do you look to minimize your weaknesses? Trying to minimize weakness is the strategy of playing it safe to avoid failure. Avoiding mistakes is a reactive method
Staying Focused in Matches Tennis can be a game of psychological warfare. Sometimes, your opponents will delay the game (tying their shoes, switching out balls, arguing calls, making a scene of the court, excessively toweling off between points, feigning injury, delaying the game, expressing emotional outbursts) to get