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Tennis Mental Performance Coach
I help professional and junior tennis players feel confident, calm, and focused.
I help professional and junior tennis players feel confident, calm, and focused.
What is Mental Performance Coaching?
THE MENTAL GAME
Mental performance coaching is about helping you understand and manage what goes on in your head during matches and training.
Players struggle with:
A lack of confidence and self-belief
Frustration after mistakes
Playing freely in pressure moments
Overthinking
Focusing too much on rankings or results
These challenges are normal. Every player goes through them. But if you don't know how to handle them, they make you play tighter.
How I Help
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We have weekly online sessions where we focus on one challenge at a time.
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I support you at tournaments to help you stay focused, calm, and confident.
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I watch your match online and give feedback on your habits, focus, and pressure moments.
INSIDE A SESSION
Online Sessions
① We find the biggest challenge for you right now.
② We figure out where the thoughts come from.
③ We create a clear plan using simple tools and routines to help you with the challenge.
④ You use them in practice and matches.
⑤ In the next calls, we adjust and improve them together.
⑥ Over time, you build better habits and confidence.
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Who I Work With
I work with competitive tennis players who have big goals — whether that's breaking into the top 100, winning a national title, or earning a college scholarship.
Junior players (12—18)
Players who want to compete at a high level and take their mental game seriously.
Players who want to compete at a high level and take their mental game seriously.
ATP, WTA & ITF players
Junior players
Players who are already competing and want to gain a mental edge.
(12-18)
Players who are already competing and want to gain a mental edge.
ATP, WTA & ITF
players
ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
Why I Do This
I started playing tennis when I was five and competed across Europe. But no matter how hard I trained, I kept struggling with my own thoughts. I felt pressure when playing lower-ranked players, was afraid of making mistakes, and couldn't play freely.
When I stopped competing, I spent nine years coaching tennis. And I kept seeing the same thing in my players — the same self-doubt, fear of mistakes, focus on results, etc.
That’s why I studied to become a mental performance coach. Today, I work with professional and junior tennis players worldwide, through online sessions and tournament support.
Why I Do This
Why I Do This
I started playing tennis when I was five and competed across Europe. But no matter how hard I trained, I kept struggling with my own thoughts. I felt pressure when playing lower-ranked players, was afraid of making mistakes, and couldn't play freely.
When I stopped competing, I spent nine years coaching tennis. And I kept seeing the same thing in my players — the same self-doubt, fear of mistakes, focus on results, etc.
That’s why I studied to become a mental performance coach. Today, I work with professional and junior tennis players worldwide, through online sessions and tournament support.
I started playing tennis when I was five and competed across Europe. But no matter how hard I trained, I kept struggling with my own thoughts. I felt pressure when playing lower-ranked players, was afraid of making mistakes, and couldn't play freely.
When I stopped competing, I spent nine years coaching tennis. And I kept seeing the same thing in my players — the same self-doubt, fear of mistakes, focus on results, etc.
That’s why I studied to become a mental performance coach. Today, I work with professional and junior tennis players worldwide, through online sessions and tournament support.
Why I Do This
Why I Do This
Education
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)™
ICF (International Coaching Federation) Credentials and Standards
Certified Performance Coach
ICF L1 Education Program, 2b Limitless, accredited by the Association for Coaching and the International Coaching Federation
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)™
ICF (International Coaching Federation) Credentials and Standards
Master's Degree in Education and Teaching, graduated with honors
Cum laude, GPA 5.0, University of Tartu
Master's Degree in Education and Teaching, graduated with honors
Cum laude, GPA 5.0, University of Tartu
Education
Certified Performance Coach
ICF L1 Education Program, 2b Limitless, accredited by the Association for Coaching and the International Coaching Federation
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