You know how confidence works… When you are confident, you are on top of your game. Self-Confidence is the difference-maker when it comes to performance. Self-Confidence separates the awesome from the average, the resilient from the stuck and the emotional masters from the emotional disasters. If confidence is such a key ingredient to positive peak […]
How Naomi Osaka Battles Her Nerves
Sometimes, tennis is a battle of wills, while other times, matches are a battle over nerves… The inability to manage your “nerves” can be the difference between winning and losing… raising your game to the next level or being stuck in a performance slump… accomplishing your goals or continually falling short of achieving your dreams. […]
How to Swing Momentum in Your Favor
Momentum is a unique phenomenon that can affect the outcome of any sport. Momentum can be positive (streaks) or negative (slumps)… Negative momentum chips away at confidence, amps up fear and anxiety and causes athletes to engage in over-analysis and over-thinking. All these consequences of negative momentum trap athletes in the cycle of under performance […]
Confidence: The Difference-Maker in Tennis
What is the X factor in tennis? What can you improve to give you that extra edge over your competitors and be the difference-maker to vault your game to the next level? Let’s examine the real life example of 18 year-old Dennis Shapovalov who has shot up the ATP rankings… Shapovalov reached a career-high ATP […]
How to Play A Next-Level Game At The Next Level
Transitioning to a more competitive level can be physically demanding and mentally challenging. Opponents at the next level are stronger, faster and craftier, so you will need to up your physical game. The physical demands are often not the most difficult challenges. The big obstacles that trip up many athletes trying to compete at the […]