Tennis Psychology Articles

Tennis mindset and sports psychology articles and strategies for junior to professional tennis players to improve mental performance.

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

Tennis Coaches Who Neglect Inner Game

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Mental Training in Tennis Mental training for tennis might not be for every player or coach. If you don’t take lessons to improve technique or if you don’t care about your fitness for tennis, then you probably won’t care to improve your mental game for tennis either. Mental

Psychology of Juniors Who Play for Others

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Who Are You Playing For? When I ask my students: “Who are you playing for?” They look at me like I have two heads. My students think: “Of course I play for myself.” But when we take a closer look at it, they find out that they are

Tennis Confidence Checklist for Matches

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Tournament Self-Confidence in Tennis What does it truly mean to believe in yourself? When you believe in yourself, you have full confidence in your physical skills and ability to execute shots in tennis. My definition of self-confidence for tennis is how strongly you believe in your ability to

The Tennis Confidence Roller Coaster

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Developing Stable Confidence in Tennis Confidence can be fragile for many tennis players, which makes it difficult to have a strong mental game of tennis. What is fragile self-confidence in tennis? It means your confidence is prone to go up and down rapidly one point to the next

Roddick’s “Happy Medium” Tennis Mindset

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Staying Composed in Tennis Do you try to hit perfect shots and can’t handle imperfection during play? If you try to play a perfect game, you most likely sabotage your mental game with high expectations for your performance. Your high expectations can backfire and have a negative effect on