Thomas Singleton

Mental Performance Coach

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

Finding Mastery continues to teach and entertain at a high level. As a Mental Performance Coach, I highly recommend this podcast by @michaelgervais 👏

[Trojan Football ✌️ ᶠᵃⁿ @TrojanFBx]

UPDATE: Makai Lemon officially takes the lead in the Biletnikoff Award fan vote for 2025 ✌️

Keep voting!!

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https://t.co/wO9g3EfXxg

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

A college tennis player just asked me:

“How do I reset between points?”

My answer:

“Accept and Commit.

You Accept what just happened in the previous point. You acknowledge and own it.

Then you Commit to how you want to move forward.”

Resetting = Acceptance + Commitment

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

Tie the idea of ‘Muscle Memory’ to your mental game.

I just told this to a tennis player.

It’s taken the pros thousands of serve reps to get a pro-level serve.

Mental skills work the same way:

The more you PRACTICE mental skills, the more effective they’ll be for you.

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

A parent just asked me:

“When is the best time for my son to start working with you?”

My answer:

“The offseason. The preseason.”

Train your mind NOW so that you’re ready to perform when the pressure hits‼️

Why be reactive when you can be proactive?

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

Coaches always say “Be mentally prepared.”

But rarely do they teach you how to actually do it.

That’s like a math teacher saying “Solve this calculus problem” without ever teaching you calculus.

This is a real gap in sports. If you’re ready to train your mind, reach out now‼️

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

An athlete just asked me:

“Why do I get so tense late in the game?”

I told him:

“You’re probably afraid to lose.”

The truth is, you have to accept that losing is part of the game.

It’s ok to lose.

When you stop resisting the possibility of losing, you play free 🧠💪

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

A tennis player just asked me:

“How do I reset when my emotions are spiraling?”

My answer:

“You accept what you feel. You acknowledge and name it.”

When you name your emotions, you claim them. You tame them.

Try this out for yourself. See what happens.
🧠 💪

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

A golfer just asked me:
“How can I be more confident?”

Here’s what I asked him:
“Confidence comes from evidence. What are some hard things you’ve done on the course?”

Confidence isn’t built on empty hype. It’s built by appreciating YOUR ability to overcome.

Try this yourself!

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

A tennis player just asked me:

"How do I motivate my doubles partner?"

Here’s what I told them:

Ask. Don’t guess.

What fires you up might shut them down. Some people need energy. Some need calm.

If you want your partner to play their best, understand what they need from you.

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

An athlete just asked me:

“What’s the most important thing I can do BEFORE a game to get myself mentally prepared?”

My answer: “Visualization”

Why?

You get to play the game in your head before you have to play it on the field.

#TrainYourMind

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

@TheTrojanBlade 8-4 or 9-3. Obviously hoping for even better but trying to be realistic. I think our schedule is notably harder than most are claiming it to be✌🏻

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

The battle for the crown in LA begins tonight 👑

UCLA women's basketball faces USC tonight for the first time this season 😤

@chiney

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

@JoshPateCFB What are the biggest obstacles to establishing a college football governing body right now?
- Thomas from Denver

[Matt Leinart @MattLeinartQB]

A lot of ball left for @uscfb. Need to get better up front if we want to compete in Big 10. Defense played their asses off 2nd half… on to the next week ✌️

[USC Psycho @uscpsycho]

Maybe fans who travel are just wired differently, but how cool would it be if we brought this kind of energy to the Coli???

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

Great tailgate with @uscpsycho yesterday! And what a game ✌🏻

Fight On!

[Brandon Walker College Football Show @BFWshow]

USC has set the bar for all hype videos

This is INSANE

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Novak Djokovic says tennis is endangered at the club level, ‘If we don’t do something about it globally, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle or pickleball’

“In terms of innovation in our sport… other than Slams, we have to figure out how to attract a young audience. Tennis on one hand is in a good place, but at the same time, when we look at Formula 1 for example and what they’ve done in terms of marketing, in terms of growth of the sport, in terms of the races around the world and how popular they are.. I think we need to do a better job on our respective tours. The grand slams are always gonna do well. But I think our tours need to do better. We are lucky to be very historic and a very global sport. But I think one of the studies that was done by PTPA 3 or 4 years ago showed that tennis is the 3rd or 4th most watched sport in the world along with cricket. Number 1 is football or soccer as you call it in the states. Second is basketball. Then it’s tennis and cricket. But tennis is number 9 or 10 on the list of all sports in terms of using its popularity, commercializing or capitalizing on that. I think there’s a huge space for growth. We’re quite fractioned as a sport. There are quite a bit of things for us to collectively look at and try to improve it. We need to grow the number of players that live from this sport. Very rarely do I see in the media that you guys are writing about the fact that you have only 350 to 400 players both men, women, singles, doubles across the board that live from this sport on this planet. That’s deeply concerning for me. Yes, we talk about the grand slam winner wins this or that. The focus is always on the grand prize but what about the base level? We’re still doing a very poor job there… very poor job. Tennis is a very global sport and it’s loved by millions of children that pick up a racquet that wanna play, but we don’t make it accessible. We don’t make it so affordable. Especially in countries like mine that doesn’t have a strong federation, that has Grand Slam or history or big budgets.. so I think collectively we all have to come together or create a new foundation, a corner stone of really what tennis is about.. which is the base level. The club level. Now we have paddle that is growing and emerging. People kind of have fun with it and say ‘Yeah but tennis is tennis. Tennis is the king or queen of all racquet sports.’ That’s true. But on a club level, tennis is endangered. If we don’t do something about it, globally or collectively, paddle, pickleball in the states, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle and pickleball. Because it’s more economical. You have one tennis court… you can build 3 paddle courts on one tennis court. Do the simple math. It’s just much more financially viable for the owner of the club to have those courts. These are some of the things I wanted to share. In the grand scheme of things, we need to address all these challenges and issues. Because they’ve been out there for a while. I don’t think we’ve been addressing it in the proper way.”

(via Wimbledon Press)

[Thomas Singleton @thomas_singl]

@LateKickJosh Josh, if you could coach any program in the country, which one would you choose and why?
- Thomas from Denver