Maintaining Self-Confidence After Losing Welcome to session number sixty three of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In this week’s
The Importance of Confidence To Win To compete at the top of your game you need to have confidence in your ability to succeed. Number 1 ranked tennis professional, Rafael Nadal understands the importance of confidence to win tournaments and succeed in tennis. “I rely on my confidence
Keeping Composure to Move Past Mistakes History was made at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, when John Isner and Nicolas Mahut battled on the court for a record 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days. Both players displayed remarkable mental toughness throughout the match, but Inser took the
Staying Composed After Mistakes in a Match How do you react when you’re down in a match? Do you try harder, tighten up and try to avoid making mistakes? Do you get frustrated and try to end the point as quick as you can by trying to hit
Transferring Practice Skills to Matches Tennis players constantly work on improving their strokes. While that’s important, many players lose sight of the importance of match play. Players can gain experience and confidence from playing lots of matches. Match play allows you to work on your between point routines,
Is Pressure An Advantage or Disadvantage? Pressure can be both an advantage and disadvantage for your game depending on how you interpret the pressure. Some tennis players thrive under pressure, whereas other players fold under pressure. Serena Williams thinks pressure is harmful to her game. Williams played her