Development and implementation of a mental development programme for young elite tennis players
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https://doi.org/10.52383/itfcoaching.v29i84.202Keywords:
sports psychology, mental routine, thought controlAbstract
This study was conducted with two young Canadian elite tennis players. An eight-week practical work was conducted with the aim of acquiring new knowledge in sports psychology, and then applying these notions in several competitive situations. Specifically, we focused on the control of thoughts during the 25-second break between rallies. The players were taught a specific mental routine that they had to perform between each point. In terms of results, there was a very interesting trend after analysing the data collected. When players did not perform their pre-set routine before a rally, they had more than 50% chance of losing the next point by making an unforced error.
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