Patrick Cohn

8 Bonuses of a Strong Mental Game of Tennis

Tennis Psychology

Using sports psychology to improve your tennis performance might be the fastest way to boost consistency in matches for many junior, collegiate, professional, and club players. Your mental game can help you win matches given you have mastered all the strokes. What are the top advantages of improving your tennis

Pro Tennis Psychology: Tsonga’s Success

Mindset-for-Playing-Higher-Ranked-Opponents

Jo-Wilfred Tsonga pulled off a huge upset in the Paris Masters Tennis Tournament last week. Tsonga defeated David Nadlbandian 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the finals. Tsonga cruised through three higher seeded players: Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Novak Djokovic to put him in the final. As a sports psychologist

Expectations And The Mental Game of Tennis

Improving Your Mental Game

High expectations can sink young tennis players’ confidence. Let’s start with some definitions. Expectations are kids’ judgments about their performance, usually based on end-results or statistics. Confidence is athletes’ belief in their ability. Confident tennis players with a strong mental game of tennis do not place judgments on

Mental Game of Tennis and Kids’ Confidence

Winning The Mental Battle in a Match

In my last article, I discussed the top five mental game of tennis confidence busters for tennis juniors. Why are these so important? It’s simple. Tennis juniors cannot achieve their potential without feeling self-confident. The top five confidence killers I touched on are: high expectations, perfectionism, self-doubt, negative feedback