Psychological Strategies
Competitive tennis revolves around offensive tactics, aiming to exploit your opponent’s weaknesses, mistakes and court positioning.
Most tennis strategies rely on the cold logic about angles, distances, speeds, and chances of success. The other important aspects are your mental state, being patient, and staying focused even when the match gets intense.
Integrating psychological strategies into competitive tennis can make a significant difference in performance, especially during those crucial moments that determine the outcome of a match. And especially when playing against a stronger player.
And most times, even just starting a match on the right foot is a challenge for most of us!
Staying Focused Against an Opponent You Dislike Playing
/in Psychology, WhispererLet’s face it. We just don’t enjoy playing against certain opponents—they can frustrate us, get under our skin, or just make us feel uncomfortable on the court. Some players, unfortunately, […]
Managing Match Pressures: Why Teen Tennis Players Struggle and How to Help Them
/in Ask the Pro, Psychology, WhispererBack in 2004, Carolyn Anderson was fresh out of university as a psychologist when she competed in taekwondo at the Athens Olympics. She admits now that she was totally unprepared […]
Handling Stress on the Court: Why Teenage Tennis Players Struggle and How to Help
/in Ask the Pro, Psychology, WhispererIn tennis, particularly for teenage players, managing stress during matches can be especially challenging due to the ongoing development of their brain. The teenage brain is still developing, particularly in […]