Tag: mental game
“Hard” isn’t always bad: reading effort and pacing your energy
/TS WINNER expert article: Learn to read your effort and pace your session — brain and body working together to last till the end.
Read more »Sleep as Part of Tennis Progress: Why Another Hour on Court Won’t Replace a Night’s Rest
/TS WINNER expert article: Integrate sleep into your progress plan as calmly as your warm-up.
Read more »Parent Support in Tennis: What Truly Helps vs What Adds Pressure
/TS WINNER expert article: Differentiating types of support—logistics and warmth versus pressure from comparisons and technical critiques from the sidelines.
Read more »Where the Mind Looks on Court: Narrow vs Wide Focus of Attention
/TS WINNER expert article: Understanding focus of attention as a skill that can be narrowed or widened depending on the task.
Read more »Self-Talk Between Points: What to Say to Yourself on Court
/TS WINNER expert article: A simple tool with short phrases that help you reset for the next point.
Read more »If Practice Feels Bad, People Stop Coming Back
/TS WINNER expert article: Linking retention in tennis school to how the session feels physically and emotionally, not just its technical benefits.
Read more »Choice in Practice: How a Player’s Voice Fuels Motivation
/TS WINNER expert article: Explaining why coaches sometimes offer a choice of exercise, lesson goal, or pace—and why this is not permissiveness.
Read more »The Habit of Showing Up: Why ‘I Know It’s Good for Me’ Doesn’t Stick
/TS WINNER expert article: Demonstrating that consistency in tennis is built on habit and easy starts, not just willpower.
Read more »Breathing Between Points: A Simple Mental Skill Coaches Integrate into Practice
/TS WINNER expert article: Teaching breathing as an embedded lesson skill, not as ‘meditation for the chosen few’.
Read more »Compete–Learn–Honor: How a School Teaches Fighting, Learning, and Respect Without Winning at All Costs
/TS WINNER expert article: Presenting the Compete–Learn–Honor framework as a school culture free from toxic competition.
Read more »A Gifted Child in Tennis: Support Without Burnout
/TS WINNER expert article: How to support a strong child through resilience and joy of the game, not through pressure and labels.
Read more »What a Coach Notices in a Player’s Mind Before a Parent Does
/TS WINNER expert article: Demonstrating mental support on court without diagnoses—signals a coach reads in movement and reaction.
Read more »Tennis as a Resource for Mood and Resilience, Not Just Rankings
/TS WINNER expert article: Presenting tennis as a contribution to psychological wellbeing through balanced training loads.
Read more »Match Pressure: Approaching the Fear of Losing in Small Doses
/TS WINNER expert article: Demonstrating that fear of pressure is managed through measured challenges, not by avoiding matches.
Read more »When “One More Practice” Stops Being Helpful
/TS WINNER expert article: Learning to distinguish healthy progress from a volume race where rest disappears and the goal is to silence anxiety.
Read more »Perfectionism on Court: When “Perfect” Blocks Progress
/TS WINNER expert article: Distinguishing healthy quality standards from perfectionism that kills drive and increases fear of judgment.
Read more »Motivation in Tennis: How Individual Sport Differs from Team Sports
/TS WINNER expert article: Understanding what fuels motivation in tennis and why ‘team spirit’ alone doesn’t keep a player going.
Read more »Different Stress Reactions on Court: Why One Player Needs a Different Plan
/TS WINNER expert article: Stress on court is not universal. Coaches tailor plans to each player’s stress reaction type, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
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