# How Top Tennis Players Use Positive Thinking Between Points

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2104309869025145195
- Source account: [@KnowledgeOfOld](https://x.com/KnowledgeOfOld)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:31
- Published: 2026-09-28
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points) There was a study done in Florida at a tennis academy, and what they looked at was what is the difference between those tennis players that are top five in the world versus those that are top 25?

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=14) Was it their diet? No. Was it their exercise? No.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=20) Was it when they started playing the game? No.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=24) Was it their coaching? No. What they actually found was this.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=30) The difference between the top five ranked people in the world and the others in the top 25 was their thinking.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=41) In the 10 to 15 seconds after a point had been scored in tennis, those athletes that thought positive things, things such as, "I love this game. There's nowhere else I'd rather be.

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=61) I may have not got that shot, but I'm gonna get the next one.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=64) Watch this."

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=67) Those athletes that thought positive, it slowed down their heart rate, slowed down their breathing rate, and across the entire competition, they were conserving a lot of energy.

[1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=81) They were feeling better about themselves, and thus, across an entire tennis match.

[1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3QVo2gv6PYCA/en/how-top-tennis-players-use-positive-thinking-between-points?t=88) In the end, they were victorious.