Raise Your Level of Game When it Matters Most Do you play your best in tough matches or do you tend to fall apart in critical moments? All tennis players wish they had the ability to improve their game when it matters most. That extra something or secret sauce of playing well in tough matches …
Build an Emotional Support System
Surround Yourself With People Who Build Your Confidence How many times have you experienced setbacks in your tennis career? When you are going through a setback, do you have someone to rely on for support or do you feel all alone during that hardship? Setbacks and hardships are difficult …
How to Move on After Losing a Tennis Match
How to React After a Bad Tennis Match What is your reaction in the hours and days following a disastrous match? Your responses to emotional meltdowns on the court, an uncharacteristic number of unforced errors in a match, losses to lower-ranked opponents and blown leads affect your mindset for …
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Serena Williams Reacts to Her US Open Loss
How to Evaluate Your Tennis Game After Losing a Match Do you see a loss as a failure? More importantly, after a loss do you FEEL as if you failed? Many tennis players feel totally dejected after losing a match. For these players, it makes no difference if they lost to a lower ranked opponent …
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Mental Game Tips for Confidence in Tennis
How to Improve your Tennis Confidence Confidence breeds success… And success fuels confidence! Which one comes first? Confidence or success? The confidence-success loop is an important concept in sports but often athletes are perplexed as to how to enter the loop. Common questions from …
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Azarenka on Progressing her Game
How to Have a Positive Approach to Loss Nobody likes to lose… But losing does not have to crush your confidence. Losing normally affects tennis players in this way… You enter a match with some degree of confidence, whatever level that may be. Whether you lose in straight sets or lose a match …