Overcoming Self-Doubt in Tennis In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis player who has a problem with doubting their ability to master their shots. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips on how to improve confidence
“Practice makes perfect” is a common axiom in tennis and sports. We are bombarded by commentary on perfect games, perfect hits, and perfect serves yet simultaneously know that perfection is an unattainable ideal. Tennis coaches tell you to “strive for perfection” even though the consensus is this often
The ATP ranks tennis players on a merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all tournaments. If you play enough tennis matches, you will eventually lose to a lower-ranked opponent. It happens to everyone, even the best players in the world, such as Murray
After Roger Federer self-destructed and lost to Tommy Robredo at the 2013 US Open, he did not make any excuses for his lose. He answered all the questions from the media. According to Federer, the loss was not due to the court change, preparation, humidity, or prematch emotions.
Improving Confidence to Keep The Lead In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis parent who says that their child normally leads the game early on and then ends up losing the match. Dr. Cohn gives
How to Deal With High Expectations In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis mom who says that her son does not perform well when he is playing someone that he thinks he should beat. Dr.