Dewald Linde,
Senior Contributor

Dewald Linde has dedicated more than 30 years to tennis, first as a competitive player and now as a coach and mental-performance specialist. He brings over 20 years of coaching experience, helping players progress from their first lessons to the ATP and WTA tours, including juniors ranked among the world’s top 10 on the ITF circuit.

Dewald first picked up a racquet at six. His playing journey took him from junior tennis in South Africa to the Indiana State University team in the United States. When an injury ended his college playing career, he returned to South Africa and turned his passion toward coaching.

He holds a degree in coaching and officiating sciences and an ITF Level 3 coaching qualification. His background spans movement science, personal training, sports massage, and sports management, informing his approach to developing the whole athlete.

As Senior Neuro-Consultant at MindX360, Dewald connects practical coaching with the science of mental performance. He helps athletes build self-awareness, self-trust, and focus, giving them practical tools to stay composed under pressure and recover from mistakes.

Dewald also created and wrote BLAZE, a comic book series published by PsyQStudios that introduces young athletes to mental-performance skills through engaging action stories. Each issue focuses on one skill and ends with an exercise readers can apply at their next practice, in any sport.

Through SportsEdTV, Dewald shares a lifelong commitment to helping athletes grow as players and people. His philosophy is simple: confidence is a skill athletes can learn and build—and every hero starts in the mind.

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