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Learning, Improving and Psychology
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
The TennisWorthy Podcast revisits Season 1 ahead of Season 2's debut in January 2024, with 5 themed episodes featuring legends and Hall of Famers. Today's theme is learning, improving and psychology, and among the players, explaining how they learned, how they worked on ironing out their weaknesses without undermining their strengths and how to deal with the mental side of the game. Hear from Hall of Famers Ivan Lendl, Gigi Fernandez, Pam Shriver, and John Newcombe alongside host Chris Bowers. We all know what we mean by learning, but how do the greats go about absorbing and performing?For more information on the TennisWorthy podcast and full episode transcriptions, visit tennisfame.com/podcast.
Released:
Nov 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (27)
Episode 4: Mary Pierce: As the youngest American to ever turn pro at the time, Mary Pierce’s entrée into tennis is the stuff of a Hollywood film. But it was her perseverance and belief that generated sustained results over the course of a Hall of Fame career. In a wide-ranging and revealing conversation, Mary tells her story from how fate led her to pick up a racquet at age 10, to how she continues to give back to the sport today. Episode 4 of TennisWorthy details how Mary’s desire to be the best she could possibly be in everything she did and ability to focus on what she could control led to a positive focus. Mary Pierce is a four-time Grand Slam champion, and the most recent French person, man or woman, to win the singles title at Roland Garros. In 2000, in addition to lifting the singles trophy, she teamed with Martina Hingis to win the French Open doubles title. She finished her career with 18 WTA singles titles and 10 doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of by TennisWorthy