Positive Mental Images Can Improve Your Game Have you ever had such a bad match that you replayed the negative images of that performance in your mind? After a match, the memory of a match stays in your mind. It doesn't matter if you won or lost, nailed your first serve consistently or doubled …
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 …
Vasilis Mazarakis on Mental Toughness in Tennis
Grind Out the Match When Down Do you find yourself struggling with your confidence in matches when you make mistakes and aren't on top of your game? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn speaks with Vasilis Mazarakis about the importance of …
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How to Be Confident in Your Own Game
Learning To Play Your Game and Not Your Opponents When you step on the court and look across the net and see the look of confidence on your opponent does that frighten you? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from …
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Sofia Kenin’s Biggest Weapon: Self-Confidence
How Pro Players Develop Self-Confidence Confidence is a necessary element of peak performance in tennis. Without some level of confidence, you will constantly fall short of your aspirations and goals. “Somewhat” confident can help you climb upward and win some more matches but “high” …
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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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