Does your Focus Change Depending on the Score? Top tennis players focus on one point at a time. They understand the importance of battling for each point separately instead of focusing on the entirety of a game or set. However, many players, even professional players, change their focus
Helping Young Tennis Players with Confidence In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about helping his young athlete with fragile confidence. Here is the question of the week: ELVIS: I am a parent of an 8-year-old daughter, who makes a lot of unforced errors.
Competing Against the Best Tennis Players Many tennis players would rather play easy matches than challenge themselves against top competition. Why would players shy away from challenging themselves? It comes down to how some players view losses…. Some players fear that losing is a statement about their ability.
One of the major challenges for tennis players is taking their practice game to matches…. Tennis players will tighten up, play tentative, and not swing out of the ball for fear of missing when playing in matches. In this video, you learn sports psychology strategies to take your
In this episode, Dr. Cohn answers a question from a reader about how to stop pushing and instead switch to playing more offensive tennis. Here’s the question of the week: LUCY: I’ve won a lot of matches pushing the ball and driving all my opponents insane! Now, I finally
Have you won matches as a pusher but now need to transition your game due to better competition? Pushers can win matches against certain players, but not higher level players who know how to handle pushers. Being a pusher can only take you so far in the game–and