Welcome to the world of tennis mental training. This manual will take you from the level you are at now and push your limits further towards your top performances and your ultimate dreams.
Every scenario is mentally covered from the player first starting on the road to the seasoned pro; can you truly be without this manual?
Welcome to the beginning of your world class journey.
Andy Dowsett as well as being the Founder and Director of Psycheuk is also a qualified Counsellor and Hypnotherapist Practitioner. He performs applied research on techniques and strategies designed to teach us how to function as human beings and how to use that information to get the best out of ourselves. As Teacher, Consultant and Peak Performance Specialist, Andy assists people in breaking through the barriers of fear, limiting beliefs, procrastination and indecision.
Andy spent 9 Years in the Armed Forces travelling the world during the 80’s and 90’s, ’’psychologically a lot can be picked up when serving during world conflicts along with my own dealings with these scenarios I have ventured into the world of learning the way a human acts and thinks under pressure!’’.
He has been playing tennis since a young age and has qualified within the Lawn Tennis Association as a CCA and within the Professional Tennis Registry as an Academy Professional Coach. In the year of our lord 2000 he was awarded the Prestigious USPTR Pro of the Year. As well as running Psycheuk he is the PTRuk National Tutor, teaching coaches throughout the UK, as well as lecturing at the yearly symposiums. He has also been found lecturing throughout Europe on his on-court psyche system.
Andy is available to lecture about the Tennis Psyche System at your seminar or club.
TENNIS PSYCHE CHECKLIST
Check out the following and see where you are deficient in your Tennis Mentality.
Tick or Cross each statement accordingly:-
¨ I use the tennis psyche system during my performances
¨ I utilise, understand and evaluate a goal setting master-plan
¨ I have pre-match, mid-match and post-match physical and mental routines
¨ I monitor my thoughts/feelings and can change these to suit my current situation
¨ I monitor my intensity levels and adjust these accordingly before my performance
¨ I understand how the brain works
¨ I have mastered the ability to act
¨ My personal practice and match play closely relate to each other with purpose
¨ I practice my mental game daily on and off the court
¨ I fill out a journal daily to enhance awareness
¨ I monitor my game plan at various points in my matchplay using the playability scale
¨ I use visualization in practice and at all times throughout a match
¨ I am aware of my personal breathing techniques
¨ I have an understanding of the zone state and understand how to enhance this state
¨ I use positive past experiences and future memories to enhance my performances
¨ I take time to review my performances regardless of the outcome and note thoughts in my journal
¨ I have the ability to improve on my performance daily by giving 110% 100% of the time
¨ I utilise Psyche Intervention tools during practice and matchplay
¨ I maintain a balanced synergetic lifestyle
¨ I am self-motivated throughout my daily life