Tennis Psychology Articles

Hewitt: Tennis Confidence and Momentum

Tennis Psychology

Powerful Mental Game Assets Tennis confidence and momentum is super important to your game and the most powerful mental game of tennis asset. Momentum can help you find your rhythm and win a series of games or points in a row- with superior confidence. When you have momentum,

Mental Game of Tennis Interview with Dr. Cohn

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Tennis Podcast Interviews With Dr. Cohn Kevin McClure, Director of Tennis at Sport Fit recently interviewed me on the Tennis Podcast Show. Kevin and I discussed a wide range of tennis psychology topics and the importance mental toughness in tennis. Coach Keven asked some excellent tennis psychology questions about how I teach the

Two Tennis Mindsets for Tournaments

Tennis Psychology

What’s Your Tennis Mindset? I know of two types of tennis mindsets in tournament players when it comes to their approach to playing points. A tennis mindset for success is the player who focuses on winning points and executing good shots. The other type of player who has an avoidance

Federer’s Mental Toughness and Maturity

Tennis Psychology

Emotional Control in Tennis I find that younger players with less tournament experience struggle with their emotional control more so that veteran players on Tour. With maturity and greater mental toughness comes increased emotional and mental control on the court. Even Roger Federer early in his career would

James Blake’s Tennis Mental Toughness

Tennis Psychology

Learning From Mental Errors I don’t care how technically sound you are with your strokes, you can’t execute every shot perfectly. Even the pros miss shots. You will miss a few shots or not hit them dead center on the face of the racquet. You can view missed

Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism

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Help Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism We’ve identified perfectionism and fear of failure as the number one challenge for sports parents and their young athletes. We’ve created a new program to help sports parents and their young athletes kick perfectionism. Our new program is called: “Sports Parents’ Top Dilemma: Helping Young