by Laura Legoupil | Apr 7, 2020 | Sports Performance
Tennis is a very demanding sport as it requires a lot of volume/intensity in terms of training (on-court and off-court) and tournaments on varied surfaces during almost all the year. Because professional tournaments are played in 36 different countries, jet-lag and...
by WTCA coach | Feb 3, 2020 | Sports Performance
Jane Taylor (a former professional tennis player) has been interviewing past elite athletes to discover their insights on their life after sport. In particular, they are being asked how they made the transition beyond elite sport. Here is an interview with WTCA...
by Meike Babel | Feb 3, 2020 | Sports Performance
Obviously, it’s never fun to fail, which in tennis means missing a shot, losing a game, set or even the whole match. The biggest underlying fear I have, looking at my career in retrospect and now working as a mental skills coach is that I don’t want to look...
by Sandra Zaniewska | Feb 3, 2020 | Coaches Corner
Who are you when everything you own and accomplished is taken away from you? This question came up in one of my recent conversations with the player I currently work with, Alize Cornet. Alize and I, we are very much alike and it’s one of the reasons we often arrive at...
by Meike Babel | Nov 16, 2019 | Sports Performance
“But we’re investing so much money, we really need to see a return on our investment!” I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the above or variations thereof from parents of kids 14 and under. And I don’t know how many times their daughter or son stands right...
by Meike Babel | Nov 16, 2019 | Sports Performance
People often ask me who my favorite player of all time. Hands down, Martina Navratilova! I will never forget my first time meeting her. I was 16 years old and had received the wildcard for the tournament in Filderstadt (the one where the winner gets a Porsche). Prior...
by Meike Babel | Nov 16, 2019 | Sports Performance
I know, I know…many roll their eyes when they hear the word self-kindness or self-compassion in the context of sports. After all, when talking about sports we’re inundated with terms that conjure up feelings quite the opposite of kindness–we’re going to war, fighting...
by Sarah stone | Oct 27, 2019 | Coaches Corner
By Jane Taylor Resilience is a skill that is essential for all young people to develop. According to Benard (2004),“…personal resilience strengths are the individual characteristics associated with healthy development and life success”(p.13). These personal strengths...
by MAckenzie Purchase | Sep 25, 2019 | Coaches Corner
As coaches, it’s important to foster positive development and create a supportive environment for players. One of the first steps in helping to assure positive outcomes is understanding that every player is different. Mandy Wilson, a renowned coach and player, can...
by MAckenzie Purchase | Sep 11, 2019 | Coaches Corner
Coaches must sometimes ask themselves, “are all the pieces in place to develop and encourage my player? Or are there factors that need more attention?” Mandy Wilson, a renowned player and coach, is an expert on how coaches can better analyze and composite...
