Category Archives: Stability Training

Increasing Power In The Forehand

Posted on April 16, 2020 by avatar

Watch Dominic King, CTPS, MTPS and Jonny Fraser, CTPS, MTPS provide some great information on how to increase power in the forehand by using off-court training exercises focused on improving rotational power. This video was filmed at the Tennis Congress where the iTPA is the official sport science and tennis fitness provider.

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Simple Exercises That Can Be Done To Potentially Reduce Injuries And Increase Performance

Posted on April 9, 2020 by avatar

Here is a great video where three of our ITPA professionals (Dean Hollingworth, CTPS, MTPS; Jonny Fraser, CTPS, MTPS and Trevor McPherson, CTPS) provide over 200 adult competitive tennis players with some important exercises that can be incorporated into weekly programs. This was a presentation at the Tennis Congress. Watch this video to get some ideas on how best to perform these exercises.

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Training Your Core For Tennis

Posted on April 6, 2020 by avatar

This is a great video from Dean Hollingworth, CTPS, MTPS. Dean is one of the best in the business and an ITPA Master Tennis Performance Specialist (MTPS). Here are some great exercises that are appropriate for tennis players to improve core strength, stability and endurance. This video was taken during the TENNIS CONGRESS. The iTPA is the official sport science and tennis fitness provider for this event and we have dozens of iTPA members on the faculty.

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Using the Medicine Ball in Tennis: Understand the Intentions

Posted on October 2, 2015 by avatar

By Jonny Fraser (iTPA MTPS, MSc, CSCS), Owner of Science in Tennis

Medicine balls are often used in tennis helping develop, endurance, strength and power. They provide a good tool to add external resistance, develop torso strength and stability whilst allowing training of tennis specific movements through the kinetic chain. Understanding what the intention of using Continue reading →

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Single Leg Stability Training for Groundstrokes – by Oliver Stephens

Posted on August 11, 2014 by avatar

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 →

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