Side Effects of Over Controlling Shots Welcome to session number seventy-one 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 … [Read more...] about Tennis Podcast: Regaining Confidence After Bad Shots
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John Isner’s Will to Win
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 victory 70-68 in the fifth set. “It was the will … [Read more...] about John Isner’s Will to Win
Melzer Enjoys the Mental Battle
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 a winner on every shot? Or do you give up, tank the match, and want the match to be over--fast? If you … [Read more...] about Melzer Enjoys the Mental Battle
Tennis Podcast: Composure After Bad Line Calls
Mental Strategies to Stay Composed Welcome to session number forty nine 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 tennis … [Read more...] about Tennis Podcast: Composure After Bad Line Calls
Kim Clijsters Wins the Mind Game
How Strong is Your Mental Game? Kim Clijsters was an unlikely champion at the 2009 U.S. Open defeating Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-3 in the final. After a long absence from the game, Clijsters returned to tennis with a new outlook and a new mental game for tennis. Her mental game was the key to her success in the final match against … [Read more...] about Kim Clijsters Wins the Mind Game
Tennis Podcast: Managing Perfectionism
Managing Perfectionism on The Court Welcome to session number twenty two 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 tennis … [Read more...] about Tennis Podcast: Managing Perfectionism
Tennis Podcast: Stay Composed When Losing
Keeping Composure When Down in a Match Welcome to session number nineteen 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 tennis … [Read more...] about Tennis Podcast: Stay Composed When Losing
Emotional Control Leads Azarenka to Win
How Dwelling on The Past Can Hurt Performance Tennis players can experience strong emotions during match play. Positive emotions, such as experiencing the thrill of hitting a winner can have a powerful effect on your mental game and thus boost your confidence and focus during the match. Feeling positive emotions, such as momentum, can help keep … [Read more...] about Emotional Control Leads Azarenka to Win
Federer’s Mental Toughness and Maturity
Emotional Control in Tennis I find that younger players with less tournament experience struggle with their emotional control more so that veteran players on Tour. With maturity and greater mental toughness comes increased emotional and mental control on the court. Even Roger Federer early in his career would lose his composure on the court. … [Read more...] about Federer’s Mental Toughness and Maturity
Roddick’s “Happy Medium” Tennis Mindset
Staying Composed in Tennis Do you try to hit perfect shots and can’t handle imperfection during play? If you try to play a perfect game, you most likely sabotage your mental game with high expectations for your performance. Your high expectations can backfire and have a negative effect on your tennis mindset. Why? Most of the time, your high … [Read more...] about Roddick’s “Happy Medium” Tennis Mindset