Stop approaching your sport as a spectator! Each person involved has their own role: players play, coaches coach, administrators administrate, referees ref, parents parent, etc. Know your role – You are a player, an athlete, a participant. This means you must think like a participant, not as a coach, not as an administrator,…
1. Verbally & Nonverbally communicate you believe in them. Great parents believe in their kids and communicate it regularly. You can TELL them and SHOW them that you believe they can do anything. 2. Verbally & Nonverbally communicate that you accept them, love them, & are proud of them NO MATTER WHAT. Let them know…
When you are competing in tennis, it is easy to get wrapped up in the match. However, when you lose a particular game, set, or maybe even a string of matches in a short amount of time, you could easily get discouraged and assume that just because you have lost before, you are bound to…
When focusing on mindset training, we place a large emphasis on setting goals. Maybe your goal is to win Wimbledon, be the first singles player from your high school to win a state title, or maybe its just breaking into the starting lineup. However, it can seem contradictory that another major mindset pillar is to…
Imagine yourself being in the middle of a competitive match, and your opponentstarts to insult you in between sets. When you go out to play the next set, you are so upsetfrom the comments that your opponent made you can’t even focus. You are unsure whetheror not to address the comment, try to deliver a…
Think of a sports movie that you have watched recently. Most sports movies share a similar narrative. There is a dominant athlete or team that is discussed early in the movie that seems unbeatable. There is also a ragtag group of average Joes that aspire to defeat the dominant athletes. Shortly following a two to…