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Physical and Mental Demands of Common Tennis Drills
By Oliver Statham, CTPS iTPA Staff
Elite senior and junior players usually have training time constraints due to either school or year-round tournament commitments. Therefore, understanding the physical and mental demands of drills within a practice session is fundamental to delivering a well-structured periodized program for optimal physical and technical development. Continue reading
Posted in Article, Drills, Matchplay, Mental Skills, Performance
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Latest Issue of the iTF Coaching and Sport Science Review
Here is the latest issue of the ITF Coaching and Sport Science Review.
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Pilates for Tennis Training: Strength + Flexibility = Power Performance
Pilates for Tennis Training: Strength + Flexibility = Power Performance
Guest Post by Lori Ettlinger Gross, TPT
Resistance training for tennis performance has two functions: 1) to improve a player’s strength because explosive power is essential in the game today, and 2) to decrease the risk of injury. Pilates Continue reading
Posted in Article, Flexibility, Pilates for Tennis, Strength
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Single Leg Stability Training for Groundstrokes – by Oliver Stephens
This guest post by CTPS and MTPS Certified Member Oliver Stephens is a great read.
If you observe modern tennis played at all levels from Intermediate Juniors to High Level Professionals, you will notice how the better players often seem to be more stable and have better balance than their opponents do.
The dictionary definition of stability contains the following: Continue reading
Posted in Article, Movement, Sports Science, Stability Training, Tennis Strokes
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Analyzing Roger Federer’s Backhand
As the current greatest tennis player of all time, it is hard to find too many weaknesses in Roger Federer’s game. Continue reading
Posted in Article, Dr. Mark Kovacs
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Position Statement on Youth Resistance Training: The 2014 International Consensus
The summary of the document concludes with this statement: “A compelling body of scientific evidence supports participation in appropriately designed youth resistance training programmes that are supervised and instructed by qualified professionals.”
Read the position stand for more detail: Continue reading
The Effect of Grip Size on the Hitting Force During a Soft Tennis Forehand Stroke
Here is a very interesting research article looking at the influence of grip size on hitting force. This study just focused on the forehand, but the information is very interesting and useful for individuals who work with tennis players both from a performance perspective (increased racket head speed and force) as well as an injury prevention perspective (wrist/elbow/shoulder injuries). Continue reading
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Do Lefties Have An Advantage in Tennis?
Do Lefties Have An Advantage in Tennis?
By Doug Eng EdD PhD, CTPS, CSCS
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Learning From the Novak Djokovic Return of Serve
Novak Djokovic has arguably the best return of serve in the game today. His backhand return of serve is possibly the best backhand return of all time. Although Continue reading
Posted in Article, Dr. Mark Kovacs, Movement, Return of Serve, Tennis Strokes
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Power Shot – An Article Providing Advice on Improving Power for the Tennis Athlete
Developing power for tennis is one of the main priorities of training. In this article Satoshi Ochi, MA, CTPS, (iTPA Advisory Board member and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the United States Tennis Association Player Development program) provides some great advice to help coaches improve power production. Continue reading
Posted in Article, Medicine Ball, Power, Video
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