FearlessTennis: The 5 Mental Keys to Unlocking Your Potential (2 Disc Set)

Jeff Greenwald makes some very useful comments and analysis for improving your mental game of competitive tennis. His tone is deliberate, uses good examples from real experience and has usable suggestions.

There is really some good advice and suggestions in this CD for dealing with the tension and fears that can hinder athletic performance. Many of these can be applied to more than just tennis. One of the best keys for improving any athletic skill is reducing tension and this CD addresses several causes and introduces potential ways to address issues. I found the advice very relevant and useful.

I bought this book specifically because this year I have been nervous and unconfident during matches. Was this helpful? Absolutely! Does it completely cure the problem and will listening to this make your problems go away? Absolutely not!

This tape hit right on the problems I had. That there is an internal conflict between my physical self and my ego. My ego makes me play tight when playing lesser talented people. It restricts my mental thought process when I'm getting beat by better players making me mad at myself instead of focusing on how I should try to cure the problem.

Let me give you an example where it immediately helped. I'm an adequate server but can be prone to double fault issues. This tape asks you to visualize the stroke or a part of the stroke you are struggling with and how to correct it. Now, that sounds simple. But instead of doing this, I was mentally losing it thinking of nothing in particular until I fulfilled my destiny with a double fault. In case you haven't noticed, it's a village idiot writing this review but at least I recognize this. I was actually surprised how well these simple adjustments in attitude helped. I'm still working on all the negative discussions that I have with myself on court.

Who knows, with a little work, maybe I'll be considered a normal humanoid.

Obviously if you are going to buy this CD you play tennis. Alot of tennis.
It does help with visualization and match play, relaxation etc. I was skeptical when I first listened to it, but it grows on you.
If you put some of his ideas into practice you really do relax on the court.

I've done a lot of sports in my life, and have only rarely been given any guidance by coaches about how to address the issue of nerves, tension, relaxation, focus, and playing my best physical game while my mental side was going crazy with the tension of the moment. It's no easy task, but Jeff Greenwald's "Fearless Tennis" finally tackles a subject that affects all of us who play the game, any game for that matter. Relaxing and hitting our best stuff under the pressure of a match, at any level, has always been elusive at best. It's obvious when your hear this CD, that Jeff has "been there". His professional experience on the tour gives credence to his insights on how the pressure of a match can undermine so devastatingly our ability to hit the ball like we do when it doesn't count. I think Jeff has done us all a great service by combining his extensive match experience, knowledge of the game, and advanced psychological training to produce this CD. I feel like Jeff has lifted a real load of mental anguish off my shoulders every time I walk on a court. I'm playing more relaxed, hitting out more on the pressure points, and am making fewer errors. I have mixed emotions about letting everybody know about this great CD.
It's helped me immensely , I'm just not sure I want my opponents to know this stuff too!
Bill Dunn - 4.0-4.5