Mental Training in Tennis

A journey through modern sports psychology

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In my book "mental training in tennis- a journey through sports psychology (100 p./19,95 €) I tried to connect modern research and theory in sports psychology to daily practice in tennis sports. Modern expressions like intrinsic motivation, but also familiar like concentration, relaxation, anticipation or goal setting are introduced and made trainable in concrete practical exercises. Of interest is the application of the "Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning", elaborated by Yuri L. Hanin, in professional tennis sports. By recording the IZOF, the personal emotinal profile during a best performance, and the following emotion modulation a quite differenciated emotinal and mental "Finetuning" is possible, to elicit exactly the state, a player needs to show his best performance. You can work yourself through the book as a complete training or you can choose for example concentration and go straight to the exercises, to elaborate the optimal training concept for your players.