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Are you getting beat on your return of serve by getting aced by slower serves? In this week's tennis psychology podcast, mental game of tennis expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Tony about getting aced by slower serves and how this is so frustrating. Here's what Tony had to say about his game: "I keep getting aced by slower serves which is so irritating. Someone hits a banger and I'll get my racquet on it. someone dinks one over and I'll get it back easily. But when someone hits a medium paced serve into a corner, it beats me clean, I don't even move! Strange because I can get my racquet to slow and even fast balls but medium paced serves catch me off guard. How can I get better with this? what's breaking down mentally?" COHN: Tony, when your opponent hits a fast serve, you only have time to siply react. When your opponent hits a slower serve, you have plenty of time to move in and take the serve. COHN: What I think might be operating here mentally, from the mental perspective for you, is that you might be overthinking what to do with the medium paced serve. COHN: In other words, you have just enough time to overthink it, but really not enough time to maybe move in and play it like second slower serve. COHN: With that said, how can you prepare mentally? Listen to the podcast to hear what Dr. Cohn suggests to do on the return of serve. *Download a free tennis psychology report to improve your tennis mindset between points. *Improve Your Mental Toughness for Tennis Quickly with Dr. Cohn’s new Tennis Confidence Audio Program *Subscribe to The Tennis Psychology Podcast at iTunes!