Miguel Crespo is the research officer at the International Tennis Federation Development Department, Spain. He oversees the ITF’s coach education program and has coauthored and edited many ITF publications.
Miguel Crespo
Tennis Science
The time between points and games is critical in maintaining self-confidence. On a changeover, confident thoughts could include: "I will maintain my winning strategy." The intermittent nature of competitive tennis creates "dead time" during match play—in fact this is the...