Both in the ATP Tour and labor market, the psychological aspect makes the difference. The best ones overcome challengers better.

In a competitive environment, the mental factor is essential.

A few ways ago the first tennis Grand Slam finished. The Australian Open is in january, in Melbourne with extremely high temperatures. Rafael Nadal not only suffered the temperature, he had painful sores in his hand. However, these obstacles did not present him from reaching the final instances.

José María Buceta, spanish sports psychologist, tries to explain this: “his personality pattern makes him perform in a high level under stressful situations. He has three components: committment (the person gets deeply involved in what he has to do, without avoinding or limiting to comply with), goal (he sees the stressful situation as a challenge which can bring him opportunities rather than threats) and control (he feels he dominates the situation since he focus on what depends on him, his strenghts, his past successful experiences).

Novak Djokovik also shows himself invulnerable. For him, it is important to be physically and mentally fit: “…fail, fail and fail but return to be stronger, this help to succeed” he says with conviction.

For Roger Federer one of the secrets to win 17 Grand Slams titles is “to simplify things in your mind. ANd to tell oneself to give 100% in each point. In important moments during matches, it is important to use one´s strenghts to make the rival´s weakness appear. There must be a plan behind each shot”

The initial reaction after a bad shot is not good, but one must focus on the next shot and forget the last one. It is about accepting the temporary failure and the stress. The idea is to administrate transitions in an appropiate way to become stronger.

The best tennis players are hard explorers of the human mind´s labyrinths. They also try to grow day by day in the skills related to emotional intelligence. Those competences are the ones we talk about when we analize the issue of employability.