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“Tennis Mind Game The Mental Manual for tennis is a book that gets into psychology on the tennis court, Tomaz, the coach, talks about what happens in your head while you aren’t hitting the tennis ball.”

Reviewer: Lillian

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I like this book because of the way it is arranged. The chapter titles make it easy for the reader to get tips for specific problems. You just scan the Contents page to find what you need

Here is what I mean…

AROUSAL CONTROL

CONCENTRATION

ACCEPTANCE

VISUALIZATION

PRE-MATCH SITUATIONS:

PRE-MATCH ANXIOUSNESS – OFF COURT

PRE-MATCH ANXIOUSNESS – ON COURT

DELAYED MATCH (rain, long match before yours, darkness…)

GETTING AHEAD OF YOURSELF

BAD LINE CALL

OPPONENT CHEATING

OUTER DISTURBANCES

INNER DISTURBANCES

MEDICAL TIME-OUT – of your opponent

GAME INTERRUPTED

BAD DAY (NO FEEL)

EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD DAY – for your opponent

PLAYING A WEAKER OPPONENT

FATIGUE

UNFORCED ERROR

MISSED AN EASY BALL (SITTER)

DOUBLE FAULT

LOST THE SERVE

BROKE OPPONENTS SERVE

SCORE DEPENDABLE SITUATIONS

LOST A SET

WON A SET

SET ALL

BEHIND IN A SET – a lot

BEHIND IN A SET – a little

AHEAD IN SET – a lot

AHEAD IN SET – a little

EVENED THE SCORE

LOST A LEAD

SCORE TIED

SITUATIONS IN THE GAME

LEADING IN THE GAME (15:0, 30:15, 40:15…)

SCORE IS TIED (0:0, 15:15, 30:30…)

BEHIND IN THE GAME (0:15, 15:30, 30:40…)

AFTER THE MATCH

MATCH ANALYSIS

So you see it is very specific.

Overall the book is specific to mental stuff and it also stresses the importance of  visualization. It is simple in wording and a little academic. However this is the most specific book I’ve found that really zones in on critical moments in a  match.

The book is layed out with a notes section for each chapter so you can write your own notes about your personal ways of dealing with those situations. If you print out the chapters you can actually fold the pages in half and make a book.

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You will see that Tomaz offers a discount if you buy this book with and the Tennis Encyclopedia. Click here for my review of the tennis encyclopedia

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