Dr. Larry Lauer: Mental skills to improve your game
About this episode
Dr. Larry Lauer is our guest for the fifteenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Larry is the mental skills specialist for the USTA Player Development program. He was also an assistant coach for Michigan State and helped the team reach the NCAA tournament in 2013.
We talk:
1:14 What is a mental skills coach?
3:07 Mental toughness
5:07 Resilience
10:30 Making your practices challenging
15:39 Handling match nerves
21:35 Seeing the big picture
24:26 Taking time to practice mental skills
29:59 Why people neglect working on their mindset
32:43 Taking practice skills to the match
35:19 Maintaining focus during a match
36:21 Handling cheaters
40:35 Differences between pros and amateurs
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