Roger Federer’s psychological game made him Wimbledon’s best male player – here’s the secret to his winning mindset

By Daniel Walker, Assistant Professor in Psychology, University of Bradford

Last month, eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer gave a commencement address to graduating students at Dartmouth University. During this speech, he used “tennis lessons” as metaphors for coping beyond university and moving on to a life that is less familiar. Although in his 25-minute speech, he never referred to them explicitly, Federer had a deep appreciation of the psychological principles that supported…

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