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In my work with clients, though the bulk of our conversation is around helping them to develop better cognitive-behavioral skills for performing, there are other healthy choices that impact [...]

Has cheating in tennis reached an all-time high? This topic can be a difficult thing to deal with when you are on the other side of the net.

There are a variety of reasons to design practice sessions that set the stage for what you as a coach want to happen in practice – you want to facilitate and ensure everyone gets the most out of [...]

Your coaching mindset, whether it is ego mindset or mastery mindset, is the #1 thing that can get you and your athletes where you want to be, or not. You just have to decide where you get the [...]

Undertraining and overtraining can lead to the opposite of what an athlete is striving for and can hinder performance. In Matt Kuzdub’ s (2017) excellent blog, Overtraining and undertraining in [...]

Research shows that using exercise punishment to motivate young athletes can impact them negatively, short and long term. The topic of punitive coaching is hot right now.

How can you improve your focus and refocus during your match when there are distractions? What does it take to be truly in the moment? Take a walk in the woods. As you are walking, focus on the [...]

Female coaches remain exceedingly rare in pro tennis. In 2014 when Amelie Mauresmo was hired by Andy Murray, she became the only female to coach a top pro on the men’s tour. In a New York Times [...]

I am excited to speak about conscious coaching and how the sports culture and coaches can impact female body image. The Women’s Tennis Coaching Association (WTCA) is hosting a conference in New [...]

Mental training can be that one thing you have yet to think about. Most think that their problems are physical, so they work longer and harder, and this typically does not help. I recently had [...]