Mental Awareness Questionnaire
Wholistic Tennis Academy
Westhampton Beach NY
631-288-6009
www.wholistictennis.com
Best would be to cut and paste this document onto Microsoft Word and create enough space between each question then fill it out and return it to me as an attached file.
Please fill out these questions as honestly as possible and avoid short, incomplete answers. The more accurate and precise your answers are, the easier it will be for us to help you reach your athletic potential.
Name:
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1 Why do you play tennis?
2 What are your tennis goals?
3 How important is it for you to achieve your goals? (1-10)
4 How important is tennis in your life? (1-10)
5 How much fun do you have practicing? 1(no fun)-10 (lots of fun).
6 How much fun do you have during competition? 1(no fun)-10 (lots of fun).
7 How long does it take for you to recover from a loss?
8 What does losing mean to you and how do you feel?
9 What does winning mean to you and how do you feel?
10 How hard do you work in practice? 1-10:
11 What things come into your mind before a match?
12 Are your thoughts about competing usually positive or negative?
13 Do you consciously try and change the way you think?
14 Are you aware of any anxiety before a match and how do you deal with it?
15 When you feel fear or anger in a match, what do you do?
16 Describe how you feel when you are losing, but the match is close?
17 Describe how you feel when you are losing by a large margin?
18 Describe how you feel when you are winning by a large margin?
19 Describe how you feel when you are winning a close match?
20 Describe how you feel when your opponent does a double fault?
21 Describe how you feel when you do a double fault?
22 Describe how you feel when you miss your first serve?
23 Describe how you feel if you lose the first set?
24 Describe how you feel when you win the first set?
25 Describe how you feel at the start of a deciding set?
26 Describe how you feel when people ask you the result of a match you lost?
27 Describe how you feel when people ask you the result of a match you won?
28 How often do you get angry or frustrated while playing a match?
29 How long does this feeling usually last?
30 Do you ever feel fear while playing, if so in what situations?
31 How long does this feeling usually last?
32 How do you feel when confronted with injustice (e.g. bad line call, net cord)?
33 Describe how you feel when you make an error?
34 Describe how you feel when you hit a winner?
35 Describe how you feel at the start of a tie-breaker?
36 Describe how you feel before a match against an opponent ranked higher than you?
37 Describe how you feel before a match against an opponent ranked lower than you?
38 How often do you know the ranking of the player you are about to play?
39 Describe how you feel when nothing is going well while playing?
40 Describe how you feel when you are playing great?
41 Describe how you feel if your opponent is playing poorly?
42 Describe how you feel if your opponent is playing great?
43 Describe how you feel when a match is very close?
44 Describe how you feel at 4-4 in the deciding set?
45 What are you thinking at break point and is there a certain way you play these points?
46 What are you thinking at 40-15 and is there a certain way you play these points?
47 Do you play differently depending on the score?
48 If so, how and why?
49 What do you do or think during the changeovers?
50 What do you do or think during points?
51 Do you like people you know to watch you play?
52 Describe how you feel when people you don’t know are watching you?
53 Do you play better or worse if a crowd is watching you?
54 How do you feel about your tennis skills? How talented do you think you are?
55 How do you feel towards your opponent?
56 Are you aware of your opponent’s emotional state during a match?
The following questions (57-70) are for Juniors, please skip if they to not apply to you.
57 Describe how you feel when your parents are watching you play?
58 Do your parents encourage you to play tennis?
59 Do your parents give you advice on how to play?
60 Describe how you feel when your parents give you advice on how to play?
61 How honest is your communication with your parents?
62 How involved are your parents in your tennis? (1-10)
63 How involved would you like them to be? (1-10)
64 What is the first question your parents ask you after a match?
65 Do you think your parents are financially burdened by your tennis?
66 Do you think your parents have made sacrifices for your tennis and how do you feel
about that?
67 How disappointed are your parents after a loss and how does that make you feel? (1-10)
68 How happy are your parents after you win and how does that make you feel? (1-10)
69 Do you feel pressure from your parents to succeed?
70 How important is it for you to make your parents happy?
71 Do you have a primary coach?
72 How honest is your relationship with your coach?
73 Do you also work with other coaches?
74 How would you describe your relationship with your current coach?
75 Does your coach scream or shout at you during practices or after a match?
76 What is the first question your coach asks you after a match?
77 How disappointed is your coach when you lose and how do you feel about that? (1-10)
78 How happy is your coach when you succeed and how do you feel about that? (1-10)
79 How involved is your coach in your tennis career? (1-10)
80 How involved would you like him or her to be? (1-10)
81 How important is it to you to make your coach happy?
82 Have you ever been in the zone, if so describe the experience?
83 Think back to the time you played really horrible tennis, describe that experience?
84 What do you think it means to be mentally tough?
85 Do you think you are a mentally tough competitor?
86 If there is one thing you would like to change about your approach to the mental game what would it be?
87 How important do you think the mind is in competition?
88 How important do you think the mind is in the learning process?
89 What do you do for relaxation off the court?
90 How often do you think about tennis when you are not playing? (1-10)
91 How many hours of tennis do you play a week?
92 How many weeks do you play in a year?
93 What do you think would be an ideal amount of time for you?
94 Anything else you would like to share?