How to Overcome the Biggest Challenges for Junior Tennis Players

Helping Perfectionist Tennis Players

Do you (or your players) struggle with playing competitors you are expected to beat? Do you start the match playing tight or stiff and you can’s swing freely, and thus drop a two or three games early?

Do you compare your game to your best performance you’ve had and struggle when you don’t perform up to that level?

We answer these questions and more in a new episode of the Tennis Psychology Podcast…

In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn speaks with Vasilis Mazarakis about the top struggles junior tennis players experience on the court.

Vasilis is a Tennis Instructor and Mental Coach, Certified MGCP. He was a member of the Olympic team for Greece in 2004 and has won 6 ATP singles titles from 1999-2005 and 4 ATP doubles titles.

Listen to the podcast to hear Dr. Cohn and Vasilis discuss how perfectionism and pressure can affect tennis players and the ways that you can learn to control your emotions on the court:

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Tennis Confidence: Mental Game Strategies for Tournament Players” is an audio and workbook program to help tennis players, coaches, and instructors improve the mental game of tennis is just 10 easy to learn sessions. Tennis Confidence: Mental Game Strategies for Tournament Players Audio and Workbook program is ideal for any junior, collegiate, and tour professional player. Tennis coaches and instructors would also be wise to teach the strategies “Tennis Confidence.”

Tennis Confidence is a complete mental training program developed Peak Performance Sports. You learn the same strategies Dr. Cohn teaches his tennis players to help them improve mental toughness and consistency – from managing unrealistic expectations to coping with perfectionism.

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