Psychology in tennis HELP!!! I have a daughter who?

Psychology in tennis HELP!!! I have a daughter who is an excellent player who only started playing tennis seriously last yr at the age of 13. She is a much better player than all the people she has completed against in matches but always loses due to over hitting and getting upset if the wrong call is made (which happens frequently due to how fast she hits and serves) do we need some sort of psychological help for this. what is the best way to get this... books, councilling ??? any help would be most appreciated thanks

The most challenging aspect of tennis is the psychological aspect of the game. If she has good fundamentals (which doesn't always mean hitting the ball hard and fast), she needs to slow her mind down a little while she plays. She probably is overhitting the ball because she is working with the assumption that she is superior than her opponent, which she may be, so she is trying to crush the ball everytime. Plenty of weaker players beat stronger players because they are consistent in hitting the ball back over the net and waiting for the other player to make the error, which in your case, your daughter is the one making the errors. It's ok to have a rally more than 2-3 shots. Have her work on staying in the rally longer and then picking the opportune time to hit a winning shot. Nick Bolletieri calls it the "opportunity ball". Many time the mindset of a better player undermines their skills because they assume they should beat their opponents handily, and when they start to lose, they do not have the mental toughness to focus on the next point, they look back at the last point. I tell my students over and over again "One point at a time!" Once the point is over, it's over. Move on. Hope that helps a little.

thanks so much for your help in this i will print this off 2 enable her 2 progress forward.

have your daughter calm down on the matches cause getting upset won't help her game it will only help her loose focus on the game even if the oponent calls a bad line call have her focus on the game and forget about the line calls because cheaters never win but if she lets that control her game she will definatly loose her mind and game so tell her to just focus on the game and just study the oponent's weakness and keep hitting on her oponents weakness and keep switching back and forth to keep her oponent confused and the much slower she thinks where she is going to hit the ball she will then win the match have her slow down cause over hitting the ball is not the Right way to go it only makes you tired so have her hit every different shot everytime hit long and short and when she gets the opportunity then she can hit it hard .. hope it helped take care ....

thankyou joseph I will print this great helpful advice for her . thanks for taking the time to respond