Serena Williams Wimbledon 2016 What pressure?
Defending champ and #1 seed Serena Williams beat Amra Sadikovic 6-2, 6-4 but it wasn’t easy. Amra stayed with Serena breaking serve in the second set. This was partly due to her skill but [...]
Defending champ and #1 seed Serena Williams beat Amra Sadikovic 6-2, 6-4 but it wasn’t easy. Amra stayed with Serena breaking serve in the second set. This was partly due to her skill but [...]
I’ve written and talked about the psychology of injuries for years. Injuries really do stink but what can make the process easier is to not only deal with the physical aspect of the injury [...]
What do you think about that? Interesting use of words, right? Not so much if you think about. In the NY Times article Mike Krzyzewski, the Emperor Coach they have explained the use of coach as [...]
I recently had two separate conversations with tennis players, one who was a 3.0 and one who wants to be a 3.5. It seems that the 3.0’s always want to be a 3.5 and the 3.5’s want to be a 4.0. In [...]
Every day we constantly face small events that elevate our overall stress level. It usually comes about one domino at a time until one misplaced, teetering domino starts a stressful cascade. Your [...]
Olympic athletes struggle with mental performance. How do I know? I work with many of them. Just because they are Olympians does not mean they are immune to anxiety, fear, worries and doubts. As [...]