The link below is a short interview (<4 minutes) with Dr.Mark Kovacs discussing strength and conditioning for tennis courtesy of the NSCA’s Strength & Conditioning Journal Podcast Series. This podcast discusses some of the major aspects of a special edition … Continue reading
In this post, Dr. Neeru Jayanthi (Director of the Tennis Medicine Program and Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and iTPA Certification Commissioner) discusses pain and injury in the lower back of tennis athletes.
Continuing to improve as a professional is a consistent trait among all successful individuals in any industry or profession. The ITPA is here to help the tennis performance specialist in improving their skills and developing the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities … Continue reading
This 2-way movement drill with resistance performed by Robby Ginepri is a very important drill for advanced tennis players.
Dr. Neeru Jayanthi (Director of the Tennis Medicine program at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and member of the ITPA Cerification Commission) provides a great review of some of his research analyzing injury risk in junior tennis players.
Coach Loren Landow provides his insight about the major emphasis tennis performance specialists should focus on when training tennis athletes and also some similarities and differences between training tennis athletes as opposed to athletes from other sports in these 2 … Continue reading
The below video shows a great agility drill for tennis involving the forehand and backhand sides. Exercise Setup: Place a separate cone just inside the baseline within three feet from each singles sideline. If performing this exercise not on a … Continue reading
This is one of the best movement drills for well-trained tennis athletes. The accompanying video has Robby Ginepri performing this drill using a resistance cord (or bungee).
Reading some of the latest sports performance research focused on the young athlete, the ITPA research team came across a brand new study providing some very valuable information for the TPT and CTPS. If you work with young tennis athletes, … Continue reading
Below is a great audio interview focused on some major areas that tennis performance specialists need to be aware of when working with young tennis athletes (pre-puberty and during puberty).
