Category Archives: Sleep

The topic of sleep is one of the most important for all athletes. However, for tennis athletes it becomes even more important due to the uniqueness of the tennis schedule, how you may play multiple matches in a day, at different times and in different time zones. All these factors results in challenges when it comes to optimizing sleep for tennis performance. In this iTPA Webinar, we have Sleep expert Dr. Meeta Singh who provided a great overview of sleep for athletes with a focus on tennis. This webinar also included a series of questions from the live audience as well.

Here is the link to the hour long webinar:

https://youtu.be/E3MqKVR8Xjk

Dr Meeta Singh is a sleep doctor whose work and research focuses on “Coaching the sleep muscle” to help maximize performance in both individual athletes and sports teams. 

She is the chief of the sleep medicine, and section head and medical director at the Henry Ford sleep laboratory in Michigan. She did her training in psychiatry at the Mayo clinic and a sleep fellowship at the Henry Ford hospital. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (under the American Board of Medical Specialties) as a psychiatrist and sleep medicine subspecialist. She is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine the Sleep Research Society. She has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA teams. She has also worked with college sports teams. As part of this service, Dr. Singh performs athletic sleep assessments with personalized prescriptions for better sleep. She also helps sports teams and athletes with their travel management with a focus on addressing sleep deprivation and jet lag and maximizing athletic performance. Her passion is lecturing and educating teams and athletes about the benefits of sleep on performance.