Tennis psychology articles for tennis players, coaches, and sports parents to improve mental game performance and consistency.
Taking Practice Confidence to Matches In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis player who has trouble taking his practice game to competition. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips on how to improve confidence in tennis.
How Can You Keep Momentum in a Match In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis parent about how his young athlete loses momentum and confidence when in the lead. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips
Playing In The Moment In Matches Playing in the “now” requires a tennis player to commit to “letting go.” “Letting go” of mistakes is a strategy where a player releases (flushes) the last point in order to re-gain his focus for the current point. When you can’t release
Eugenie Bouchard’s Mental Toughness When the tennis match is on the line, do you believe in your ability to perform well on the court? Are you confident that in your tennis skills to play well or win? Superior confidence may be the single most important mental game attribute
Is Your Success Controlled By Your Body? There are ideal body types that seem to be optimal for tennis. At the elite level, tennis players’ body types become quite similar. How then can a tennis player with a different body type compete at the elite level? While certain
Staying Mentally Tough After Injuries Participation in sport is a journey of highs (victories, great plays, higher rankings, beating the odds) and lows (losses, injuries, mistakes, underperforming). The difference between elite athletes and non-elite athletes is in the ability to manage the highs and lows throughout their careers.