Category: Mental Training

In a tennis match you will spend more time between points than you will actually spend playing tennis. So, the way you use this between-point time is key to your mental state during the match.  Between each point, you have 20 seconds. (The pros have a 25 second clock.) That might not seem like a…

PreMatch Write down a simple strategy. You can either do it on your phone, ipad, or with pen and paper.  Use the bathroom. Make sure you have enough water to last the match. Bring a banana or other fruit (no processed sweets like a candy bar) 30 minutes before the match do your warm-up routine.…

In moments of great import in our lives: perhaps an important sporting event, or when asking someone we like on a date, or before an important test, the feeling of nerves can take over. In your body, nerves can translate into a shaking feeling in your hands, or a queasiness in your stomach. Perhaps your…