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Four articles into Mind the Match and I want to make sure I'm covering what actually matters to competitive players.

What mental challenge costs you the most points? Here are some options if you need inspiration :

• Tiebreaks and big points
• Playing an opponent you should beat
• Recovering after a bad game or a lost set
• Double faults under pressure
• Anger and visible frustration
• Pre-match anxiety
• Playing in front of coaches or parents
• Mental comebacks when you're down a set
• Consistency during long grinding matches
• The mental history against a player you've lost to before

Drop your answer in the comments — I read everything and it directly shapes what gets published next on Mind the Match.

👉 Mind The Match | Substack

Most matches aren't lost on the court. They're lost in your head.

I'm a competitive player and I've spent years struggling with the mental side of the game — the handbrake you put on at 5-4 in the third, the inability to accept a missed shot, the moment you stop playing your game and start playing not to lose.

Mental coaching exists. But it's reserved for the top 0.1%. The rest of us figure it out alone, mid-match, under pressure, with no tools and no framework.

So I built something.

Mind the Match is a free weekly newsletter — one concrete mental protocol per week, written by a competitive player for competitive players. No textbook theory. No generic advice. Just tools that actually work on court.

The first article is up now : "Why you play with the handbrake on — and how to release it."

Free to read, no signup required : "Why you play with the handbrake on — and how to release it"

Would love to hear if this resonates with other competitive players. I'm just trying to give genuine advices to success where I struggled so if you could subscribe to the Substack channel, like, comment and maybe share, it would sincerely help me in my project!