How To Handle Prematch Jitters Most tennis players feel “jitters” or nervousness before match play. You can feel prematch jitters or nerves in many ways such as a pounding heart rate, sweaty palms, tightness in your shoulders or dry mouth. These physical symptoms are often a normal reaction
Playing Relaxed Tennis Welcome to session number fourteen of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In this week’s tennis
Leaving Your Matches on The Court Do you beat yourself up after you’ve lost a match? Do you have a hard time forgetting about your losses or matches where you’ve played poorly? If you do, you might define your self or person (not player) based on your tennis
Improving Your Technique in Tennis Welcome to session number 13 of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In
Comparing Rankings Creates Expectations After working with several junior tennis players on their mental game, I’ve noticed that players limit their success when they focus on opponent rankings or tournament seeding. As you might already know, comparing your tennis skills to an opponent is a mental game no-no
Mental Training For Young Athletes Some young tennis players aren’t convinced about the importance of the mental game. That can be a challenge for sports parents and coaches, who find the mental game an important part of performance. In this week’s tennis psychology session, you’ll learn: How to help your young tennis