Grind it Out When You Don’t Have Your ‘A’ Game What is your mindset when you realize early in a match that you just don’t have your ‘A’ game or you are not playing your best tennis? Without your ‘A’ game, are you still able to compete for every
How to Overcome Mental Challenges on the Court Tennis is a sport of physical demands… Big tournaments, hours of training, tough competition, long matches, muscle soreness, and fatigue. The mental game of tennis is even more challenging… Big tournaments, hours of training, tough competition, long matches, muscle soreness,
Finding Motivation Even in Adversity What is your motivation for competing in tennis? Are you motivated to win a tournament, beat a rival, climb the rankings, make the college tennis team or make a career out of playing tennis? Long-term goals give you a target to work towards.
Create a Comeback Mindset for Tennis Players What is a comeback mentality? Making a comeback is what tennis players dream about. How many times, when you were younger, did you play out scenarios in your head of making an odds-defying comeback to win a tennis match in the
How to Think When in the Lead When something works why change it? This appears like a logical concept, but many tennis players deviate from the plan even when the plan proves to be working. This change in mindset can result in being overly aggressive, serving with more
How to Play a Tennis Rival Do you become excited or nervous when matched up against a rival player or a rival team? Rivalries can be filled with excitement for some players and absolute dread for other players. What is the cause of such a difference in emotion