Tennis mindset and sports psychology articles and strategies for junior to professional tennis players to improve mental performance.
Overcoming Fear of Failure In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, author of Tennis Confidence: Mental Toughness for Tournament Players, answers a question from a tennis player who has a fear of letting himself down. His fears distract him from performing
How to Stop Overthinking The Score In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, welcomes back Ian Westermann, a USPTA certified teaching professional and host of the Essential Tennis Podcast. Dr. Cohn and Ian answer a question from a tennis player who
Strong Mental Game For Success Kim Clijsters overcame an ankle injury and the intense heat to defeat No. 1 Caroline Wozniaki to advance to the semifinals of the Australian Open. She made no attempt to make us think this was an easy task. She confessed that stress is
Taking Practice Skills to Matches In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers: A question from a tennis coach who asks why some players are able to perform in practice, but struggle mentally when competing in matches. Listen to this month’s
Overcoming Fear of Failure In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis player who says: “Currently I have been developing a new technique in my table tennis reverse backhand stroke. During training my coach says that
Do External Factors Distract You in Matches? In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, welcomes back Ian Westermann, a USPTA certified teaching professional and host of the Essential Tennis Podcast. Dr. Cohn and Ian answer a question from a tennis player