Managing Your Pressure in Tennis Winning often raises the bar for tennis players. With increased success on the court, expectations also increase. The sentiment is often, “Well, you won it last year, so you will play at the same level or even better.” You are expected to win
Mental Strategies to Battle For Each Point in Tennis Tennis is a sport totally tied to statistics… win-loss records, tournaments won, serve percentages, rankings, return percentage, total points won-lost, number of unforced errors and winners, etc. Results and stats matter to tennis players. Unfortunately, tennis players can get
Emotional Control on The Tennis Court In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a young tennis player who loses emotional control on the tennis court after making mistakes. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit
Mental Tips to Close Out Tennis Matches In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Alex, who wants to know how he can close out a match when winning. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit
Staying Composed in Matches In tennis, sometimes you win, sometimes your opponent beats you and, other times, you beat yourself. Beating yourself is more than a matter of hitting a few shots long or a double fault here and there… Beating yourself happens when you lose control of
How To Handle Momentum Shifts in Matches How do you handle momentum shifts during long tennis matches? Momentum shifts can be mentally draining for some tennis players… These players sense a change in momentum as the match is slipping away and find it difficult to get back into