Tennis, padel and your wellbeing
Being active and playing tennis and padel is a great way to help your mental health.
You should never feel under pressure from anyone to make you play tennis or padel if you’re not enjoying it. If anyone is making you play when you don’t want to, try explaining to them the reasons you wish to stop or take a break.
If they continue to give you a hard time, tell someone you trust.
Sometimes when competing it can feel like there is a lot of pressure. You might feel worried, stressed or uneasy. This is totally normal!
Take a look at this video and hear from Ella, one of our Young Person’s Welfare Ambassadors. She has some great tips to help you before, during and after matches:
Bad tennis or padel match or practice? Get back out there and keep going, try not to dwell on it!
"If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same"
These lines are from a poem by Rudyard Kipling written around 1895. This is an inscription above the entrance to Centre Court at the Wimbledon Championships. The top players read this as they walk on to Centre Court and it reminds them to try to handle losing in the same way as winning.
Mental health is about how we think, how we feel and how we behave. There is lots of support available to help you take care of your mental health and you can find out more by visiting their websites:
Choosing a coach
Do you want to receive industry recognised coaching? The best place to start is by looking for a coach with LTA Accreditation. Here's what you should be looking for when choosing an LTA coach: