Mental game of tennis tips and articles for tennis players, coaches, and sports parents to improve performance.
Mental Toughness to Fight Fatigue Have you ever been so tired during the end of a tennis match that your game suffered? Fatigue happens in competitive tennis due to the long duration of some matches. Fatigue affects players of all levels, including WTA, ATP or USTA players. Fatigue
The Mindset of Playing Your Strengths Which strategy do you utilize in tennis matches? Do you play to your strengths or do you look to minimize your weaknesses? Trying to minimize weakness is the strategy of playing it safe to avoid failure. Avoiding mistakes is a reactive method
Improving Your Mental Strength What makes Novak Djokovic the number one player in tennis today? He certainly has all the shots, but what about his mental toughness? Does he just have an incredibly high confidence in his ability? Is he able to battle hard when he’s down in
Mentally Preparing For Tough Opponents “I like winning more than I like losing…”, Maria Sharapova said during an interview this week at the Australian Open. Not only is Maria Sharapova currently #2 in the world for tennis, she is one of the most mentally tough tennis players on
Composure For In-Match Mistakes Do you beat yourself up after a mistake during a match? Do you it difficult to move on after a mistake on the court? Many tennis players I’ve worked with on the mental game unravel after mistakes and it can snowball into tanking or
Mental Strategies to Stay Focused Have you ever lost a tennis match after leading by a set or lost a set after being up 4-1? Recall a match where you had a significant lead only to unravel and lose the match… You were probably just playing the game