Ep. 254 - How to Use Patience in a Match and in Your Career

About this episode

Brian and Josh discuss the importance of patience in tennis matches and players' careers.

In this episode, Brian and Josh discuss the virtue of patience and its importance both within a point and match (micro) as well as throughout a player’s career and tennis journey. Various mental skills are discussed that players can work to help them to develop patience within the micro and the macro. To learn more about Josh and Brian's backgrounds and sport psychology businesses, go to TiebreakerPsych.com and PerformanceXtra.com . If you have feedback about the show or questions on the mental game in tennis you can email us at tennisiqpodcast@gmail.com . If you’re enjoying the show please rate us on your favorite podcast platform including Apple Podcasts and Spotify and write a review. Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube or your podcast platform of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.) to stay up to date on future episodes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Josh

Topics covered

• patience
• mental skills
• tennis career
• match strategy
• sport psychology

Keywords

• patience
• tennis
• mental game
• sport psychology
• match strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TiebreakerPsych.com, PerformanceXtra.com

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