Learning To Play Your Game and Not Your Opponents When you step on the court and look across the net and see the look of confidence on your opponent does that frighten you? In this week’s tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers
How Pro Players Develop Self-Confidence Confidence is a necessary element of peak performance in tennis. Without some level of confidence, you will constantly fall short of your aspirations and goals. “Somewhat” confident can help you climb upward and win some more matches but “high” confidence can launch you
How to Improve your Tennis Confidence Confidence breeds success… And success fuels confidence! Which one comes first? Confidence or success? The confidence-success loop is an important concept in sports but often athletes are perplexed as to how to enter the loop. Common questions from athletes regarding confidence and
How to Have a Positive Approach to Loss Nobody likes to lose… But losing does not have to crush your confidence. Losing normally affects tennis players in this way… You enter a match with some degree of confidence, whatever level that may be. Whether you lose in straight
Improving Your Mental Game to Boost Confidence How much of sports is a mental game? 50%, 60%, or even 90%? “They say that sports are 90% mental and 10% physical. But that’s not true because no one is out there playing chess. Sports are physical, 90% physical and
Staying Aggressive to Grind Out a Match Not having your “A” game may seem like a guaranteed loss. Think of a time when you didn’t have your “A” game or were off your game… At some point in the first set, you just knew you were off… You