The Mental Side of Tennis
Tennis in Australia is not in good shape. For a country with a proud tennis history and amongst the best facilities and weather on earth it’s embarrassing that we only have 2 men and 2 women in the top 100 players in the world.
The reason for this might be because despite tennis being a very psychological sport both players and coaches alike tend to do a very poor job of working on the mental side (they think they doing a decent job but they’re not).
The impact that the Condor Performance sport psychologists have had with tennis players over the past few years has been remarkable and shows that good mental skills training is essential if Australia wants to compete at the highest level again.
Some of the mental areas most tennis players would benefit from working on are:
- Controlling nerves and anxiety / helping with the yips
- Bouncing back from a poor shot, poor game, poor match or poor competition
- Learning when it’s important to concentrate and focus and when it’s essential to switch off
- Designing effective physical, technical and mental practice - not going through the motions
- Balancing tennis with life to prevent burnout
- Staying motivated by picking the right kinds of goals (yes, there are many)
- Learning how to think more accurately and less emotionally
- Deciding if you really have what it takes to make a living from tennis
If you’re a tennis coach, tennis professional or anyone who just wants to play better tennis then you might like to contact us today for information about one of our upcoming free Q&A sessions. Fill in the enquiry form to the right and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.