How it Works
WHY ITS IMPORTANT
1. Builds a Healthy Support System
The Player’s Box teaches athletes to recognize the critical role of parents, coaches, partners, and teammates in shaping their journey.
A supportive environment reduces burnout, fosters resilience, and creates balance between performance and personal life.
2. Improves Communication and Trust
Emotional intelligence thrives on clear, honest communication.
By practicing empathy and active listening with the people in their Player's Box, players learn to express needs, set boundaries, and resolve conflicts.
3. Strengthens Emotional Regulation
When parents or coaches project frustration or anxiety, players often absorb it.
The FBTL Player’s Box helps athletes and their supporters regulate emotions together, creating a calmer, more constructive tennis life.
4. Aligns Goals and Expectations
Misaligned expectations between player and parent, or player and coach, can derail progress.
The Player's Box emphasizes aligning shared goals, clarifying roles, and understanding the pressures each person carries.
5. Extends Growth Beyond the Court
The Player’s Box isn’t only about tennis—it’s about life skills.
Learning how to nurture supportive relationships teaches players empathy, gratitude, and perspective that extend far beyond their athletic career.
FBTL's Player’s Box reframes tennis not as a solo pursuit, but as a shared experience where emotional intelligence strengthens every relationship, and in turn, their overall tennis experience.
HOW TO USE FBTL'S PLAYER'S BOX
1. Clarify Roles with Your Support Team
Use the Player’s Box tools to define clear expectations with your coach, parents, doubles partner, or teammate
2. Practice Emotional Check-Ins with Others
Don’t just check in with yourself—invite your support team into the process.
3. Create a Post-Match Communication Plan
Use the Player’s Box to establish a system for debriefs—when to talk, what to focus on, and when to wait.
4. Leverage Pep Talks from Trusted Voices
Share specific FBTL Pep Talks with your coach, parent, or partner so they know how to support you during pressure moments.
5. Build a Consistent Support Ritual
Use the Player’s Box as a framework to create team rituals: pre-match routines, post-match reflections, or weekly goal check-ins.
The key idea is that the Player’s Box isn’t just a resource—it’s a living system. When players consistently use it with the important people in their tennis journey, they transform support from random or reactive into structured, emotionally intelligent, empowering teamwork.