Knowing more and more tennis I am convinced this sport is one of the most devastating in terms of mental health. It is not a coincidence that the concept of “Killer Instinct” has been conceived by a tennis coach just to emphasize the need to play with the aim of annihilating the opponent. For these reasons in the staff of the best tennis schools, like that of Nick Bollettieri or Chris Evert, there are also sport psychologists who deal of mental training of the players. The reasons for this are many and can be summarized as follows:
- Tennis is a sport where at the end of each game the we win/lose one point
- Be competitive means to be able to continuously support our play regardless of the outcome
- Losing a series of points consecutively tests the ability to react to this frustration with renewed conviction towards ourselves
- We have to keep our time-playing, without wanting to immediately finish the exchange with a winning-shot
- We need to have an effective routine between a game and another that allows us to stay focused on the start of the next one.
- We need to be able to have a positive self-talk throughout the game
- We need to remember that we have to play at our best of this moment without to overdo
- We must continually put into practice the mental skills that we have trained (mental rehearsal, breathing, fighting, tactical thinking)
I am convinced that if the players will train these needs more and more athletes / and will reach the satisfaction and success to which they aspire.
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