The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show
with Allon Khakshouri
Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation.
My guest today is Allon Khakshouri, with whom I discuss the mental side of tennis particularly gleaning from his background as an agent of professional tennis players, three of them world #1’s including Novak Djokovic and Marat Safin. Allon is a current member of the ATP council, has written a
helpful The Ultimate guide to High Performance and his insights are not just for tennis but business etc. We will be discussing what makes a mentally tough tennis player, how to become a tough competitor (what shapes our practice and how to play like we practice better), what do do after painful losses, how to balance the passion and drive to win and the ability to “not care” so much about the outcome, etc. All these and more are seen from the perspective of what separates great players from good players at the every day level and what separates the better even among great players.
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The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support.
Special thanks to our sponsors Arrow Concrete and Asphalt Specialties, Inc and Collins Company tennis court products. Both fantastic groups of professional people who do their work with integrity and relationship. See my resource page of court equipment and services for more information.
You can reach Allon and read his material at his website Mental Game of Tennis or www.mentalgameoftennis.com