Mental Tactics to Outlast Your Tennis Rival Would you agree that tennis is a grueling physical game? Matches are long, and your physical conditioning needs to be on point to be competitive. On average, best-of-3 tennis matches last about two hours or longer, while best-of-5 matches last approximately
Play with Trust in Your Swing In sports psychology, we find that a lot of tennis players struggle to bring their practice game to matches consistently. It is easier for tennis players to perform in practice because practice is a learning environment. There is less pressure to perform
Developing a Competitive Mindset Have you heard the idea that tennis players will “play up to the level of the competition”? This refers to the phenomenon of lifting the level of your game against higher-ranked opponents, creating inconsistency. Some tennis players will approach these matches with a different
Strategies for Developing Consistency in Tennis “I’m playing great tennis one minute then the next minute I can’t seem to do anything right. I just can’t seem to be consistent in my game. Is there anything I can do to improve my consistency on the court?” This is