Tennis Psychology Tips For Juniors with Elite Tennis Sports Psychologist Jeff Greenwald

Today at HealthAide chats, Barry Nguyen, CEO of HealthAide talks to Jeff H. Greenwald.

Jeff is an internationally recognized sport psychology consultant/elite mental coach and licensed therapist.

In addition to this, he is a winner of two world tennis championships (Men’s 35 and 45’s) and was No. 1 in the world ITF Men’s 35. He is the author of the best-selling book, The Best Tennis of Your Life and a Hall of Fame inductee in Northern California, for contributions to sport psychology.

In today’s episode we talk to Jeff about tennis psychology tips for juniors. This episode will be of interest to you, if you have a child who has the potential to do well as a tennis player and want insights about how to support them in the sport and optimize their mental performance.

Having succeeded at an elite level in tennis  and now working with elite players, refining their mental performance, there is no person better than Jeff to guide you as a parent.

For more information on Jeff, visit his website: www.fearlesstennis.com

Content in this video is for informative purposes only and does not serve as medical advice. Please see your usual medical practitioner for a review or further information, prior to starting any training regime or treatment plan.


(0:00) Intro
(0:41) About Jeff Greenwald
(3:48) What trends do you see with parents pushing kids into tennis?
(6:12) What are your thoughts on research that shows tennis improves academic performance?
(7:50) How do you know if you should ramp up your child’s training?
(11:59) How does winning or losing affect mental health?
(17:13) Do you have tips for parents to monitor their child’s mental health?
(24:09) What are the benefits of sleep with performance?
(26:05) Should my child be achieving 10 000 hours of training as soon as possible, in order to succeed?
(29:35) How mental health awareness is changing.
(32:28) How to connect with Jeff.