Do You Stay Composed After Missing Routine Balls? How do you stay composed and not be hard on yourself when missing shots on the tennis court? This is a huge challenge for perfectionists that hate to miss routine or easy balls. In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental
How to Help Athletes Get Past Mistakes Do you have difficulty preventing negative emotions from affecting your game.Once you have an emotional outburst, does it seem impossible to regain your composure? Losing control on the court is a result of how you react internally to mistakes. When you
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
What Tennis Players Can Do to Stay More Composed In sports psychology, we find that tennis players are challenged to stay positive and composed after failing to meet their own expectations in tennis matches. These players struggle with letting their personal should’s and shouldn’ts undermine their ability to
Osaka’s Inner Peace Helps Her Win Australian Open Do your emotions rage out of control during tennis matches? Do you find it difficult to play well when you’re upset or frustrated? Frustration, anger, resignation, sadness and anxiety are normal emotions. People experience these emotions in everyday life. For
How to Cope With Cheaters on The Court Do you struggle with your emotions and focus when you are playing an opponent who is clearly cheating? Here’s a recent question I received from one of our readers: “How do you manage an annoying opponent; a cheater or a