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Archived Blogs
March 13, 2012
College Tennis and Mental Toughness
I’m spending spring break week with the Connecticut College Men’s and Women’s tennis teams on their journey up and down the east coast, and it’s been a very enjoyable experience thus far. We left New London on Friday afternoon and arrived near Ashland, VA that evening. On Saturday morning, we had a match versus Randolph-Macon… more »
February 12, 2012
Davis Cup – US vs Switzerland – Neutralizing Your Strengths
When hosting a Davis Cup tie versus the United States, European countries will often choose a slow red clay surface on which to play the matches. Americans are typically poor on clay, looking a bit like fish out of water, because of the lack of training that occurs on that surface and therefore they don’t… more »
January 30, 2012
Nadal vs. Djokovic – Reaching New Levels of Performance
The 2012 Australian Open Men’s Singles final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic showed the sporting world that there are always more and more levels of performance to attain. “Unchartered territory”. That’s what Darren Cahill of ESPN2 said at the beginning of the 5th set of yesterday’s final when he was asked for his thoughts… more »
July 10, 2011
The Reset Button in Action
No one likes losing the first set of a match. It’s not the kind of start you’re looking for when trying to win, but on the other hand, it’s not the end of the match either. Comebacks are possible when you have the right mindset. However, many players see the loss of the first set… more »
July 5, 2011
Focus on What You Can Control
There was a bit of flack in the Round of 16 match up between Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal last week at Wimbledon. The center of the controversy was the amount of time that Nadal was taking between points and the injury time out that he took just before the first set tiebreaker. … more »
July 4, 2011
The Confidence Battle
It wasn’t so long ago that Rafael Nadal was an automatic pick versus Novak Djokovic when the two faced each other in a final. Today, that scenario has been turned around in stunning fashion as Djokovic is 5-0 against his former nemesis in 2011. The difference? Belief and confidence. One player’s got it and the… more »
April 21, 2011
Your Potential
One of the first things that I talk about with a new student or new group is the idea of potential. There is potential for greatness in all of us whether our field is sports, art, music, dance, computer programming, etc. We all want to reach our potential and deep down in our thoughts, we… more »
January 7, 2011
The Importance of “Grit”
In March 2010, I wrote a post on the book Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin which focuses on hard work and “deliberate practice” as keys to success. An article in Psychology Today entitled The Winning Edge takes this concept to the next level by looking at the characteristics of high performing people and determines that grit may be… more »
August 24, 2010
Information vs. Transformation
One of the missions of a coach is to help students transform their games so that they become better players in the long term. In order for this to happen, both coaches and students need to understand the difference between information and transformation. Let’s use a very simple example to illustrate this. Imagine that you… more »
June 14, 2010
Robert Green and Handling Big Mistakes
It’s World Cup soccer time, and if you’re following the action, you know that the United States and England tied 1-1 on Saturday. There is a tremendous amount of pressure on the England squad, and that pressure will only increase after a disappointing tie in which a goal was gifted to the US. In the… more »
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