Category Archives: Recovery

Video: Taking Care of Your Body During Week of Tennis Matches

Video by iTPA Executive Director Dr. Mark Kovacs discussing dos and don’ts of preparation and recovery during week of tennis matches. Geared toward tennis players, but coaches can glean important info as well to share with players. Continue reading

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Recovery interventions and strategies for improved tennis performance

Improving the recovery capabilities of the tennis athlete is receiving more emphasis in the research communities, and also by practitioners (coaches, physical trainers, tennis performance specialists, physical therapists, etc). The purpose of this article was to Continue reading

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Physical and Physiological Demands of Tennis

By Josh Bramblett, iTPA Staff

The modern game of tennis continues to progress and evolve. There are numerous ways for any player at any skill level to participate. The physicality of tennis continually grows along with the demands placed on the body. The focus of the game has changed from finesse to power and speed. Continue reading

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Ice Baths: Can They Help The Tennis Athlete Recover?

Improving recovery from tough training sessions or intense tournament matches is one area that the TPT or CTPS needs to constantly work on to ensure your players can recover optimally so that the next day of training or competition can be optimized. Although many techniques are used in attempt to improve recovery, this post will focus on Continue reading

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Video: Improving the Recovery Step

Continuing on the subject of recovery, below is a video discussing the recovery step and how to improve. Continue reading

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Some Basics About Recovery Movement

Recovery Movement occurs immediately after the athlete has completed his/her stroke and they are attempting to return to a position that will allow for efficient movement toward the next stroke. There are Continue reading

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