If you’re watching Wimbledon this year, you know that a lot of top players have gotten knocked out of the tournament early–including Maria Sharapova, who lost in the second round. Sharapova lost to Michelle Larcher de Brito in two sets: 6-3, 6-4. How does Sharapova deal with defeat?
Do Professional Tennis Players Get Nervous? Do you think Serena Williams gets nervous and has some performance anxiety before matches? If you said no, you’d be wrong. Even the number one tennis player in the world is human and can get nervous before and during big matches. After
In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis dad whose son works very hard when he is behind in the match, but he relaxes when in the lead. Dr. Cohn gives mental game tips on how
Overcoming Frustration When Learning New Strokes In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Florian Meier, a high performance tennis coach and founder of www.onlinetennisinstruction.com. Dr. Cohn and Florian answer a question from a tennis parent: “During practice, my daughter gets
Improving Confidence in Tennis In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis grandmother who says: “I have two grandchildren (10 years & 11 years) who are potentially very good tennis players but easily “fold ” when
Trusting Your Tennis Skills In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from a tennis player who says: “I am a 3.5 tennis player in doubles. My problem is that I constantly let balls pass me at net. I