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As tennis legend Arthur Ashe famously said, “There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis.”
Paralysis by analysis is the state of over-analyzing a situation, resulting in poor execution. Have you ever experienced this or witness someone doing this? It is not a nice...
I want to share some simple exercises with you today that I would expect a 13-18 year old tennis player to do within the targets I have set. I am not saying a player “Won’t make it” if they don’t hit the targets.
I am saying these are some guidelines to see how your...
One of the most challenging areas to get right for Players, Parents, Coaches, and Trainers are creating and maintaining the right training structure.
Combining on-court tennis training with off-court tennis training.
I mean how many people really know how much...
The best way to prepare for any surface is to hit on it and do your tennis training on it as much as possible. The law of adaptation teaches us that when we are exposed to certain stimuli repeatedly with enough time to recover; physically, technically, and mentally we will adapt.
Without...
One of the easiest and most effective ways to boost your game is to improve your tennis conditioning intensity.
I remember watching Lleyton Hewitt train his arse off for 10 years, I pushed him and challenged him in various ways, things were never easy and he always wanted the hardest option as a...
Prevent Tennis Injuries With These 2 Tennis Fitness Tests
Test 1 – Apley Test
There is a good chance if you play tennis you have had some form of a shoulder injury. The shoulder injury statistics are not great for the tennis lover. Having been a tennis fitness trainer for...
Yes, it’s correct we are really disappointed. It really brings us down as Tennis Trainers.
It’s so disappointing to see so many young tennis kids get injured.
Over the past year, we have seen kids as young as 12 years with tears in rotator cuffs, young tennis kids having...
Have you ever wondered what the best exercises for tennis players are? Or what training is going to give you the best results?
Well, today is your lucky day! Because at Tennis Fitness we ask ourselves these questions constantly, it is how we stay motivated to bring our tennis community our...
How many times have you been in the middle of a match or training session and had thoughts you wish you didn’t have! Frustrations, emotional reactions, then beating yourself up, the negative self-talk “why am I even playing” or “I am so bad”
Every player has been...
Tennis is one of the most played sports by young people globally. So it is important to have the right information getting shared around. Over the past 20 years, a very common question we have been asked as tennis strength and conditioners is, "When can my child, start tennis...
There is preparing for a tournament and then there is really preparing for a tournament.
Many player's preparations fall way short of what they should. Getting your preparation right will often be the difference between winning a match or losing it, particularly the deeper you go in a tournament,...
