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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,...
The greater tennis community is always blown away by the level of commitment, discipline and work that goes into preparing tennis professionals for competition. I truly believe the level of work that goes into the process would not be match by many other sports. It is really important for young...
We have been very fortunate in our tennis fitness careers to have worked with some great players (some of them the best in their era). I think when you are in it, working and all trying to achieve greatness and maximize your potential it is easy to lose sight of all the little things that...
Many people can’t be bothered with a proper tennis warm-up, and it always seems to be the first to go when pressed for time. But I’m going to give you some advice—DO NOT SKIP YOUR WARMUP.
Why? Well, think of your body as a car in the dead of winter. If you turn the ignition and...
We have long been goal-orientated; growth mindset driven people. We believe without a target and a positive mindset, it can be very challenging to move forward without feeling like you are going around in circles or even worse, not moving anywhere at all!
We love the new year and the...
When we have new players come in to see us for Tennis strength and conditioning training, they usually have the intention of getting some fancy tennis exercises to make them move faster. The process that occurs after this, is why I love being a tennis fitness trainer.
First, we have a look at how...
If you are not getting the basics right your game will be heavily capped. There are some areas you want to avoid as a tennis player. Below is a list of some that I feel are important to get right.
7 Tennis Training Don'ts
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Bad Punctuality
Being consistently late for training has a lot of...
Tennis elbow is one of the most common tendinopathies affecting the elbow and can be a tricky condition to fix. Have you had pain on the outside of the elbow that won’t go away, despite doing all the right things? If so, we will take you through a couple of steps that can help make...
First of all, the team at Tennis Fitness want to send out our sincerest thoughts to everyone in our community that has been affected by COVID 19, especially to the families of those who have lost loved ones. These are very challenging times!
Today I want to give you some tennis training tools and...
Training with bands is from my point of view one of the most underutilized training modalities going round! Resistance bands are one of the best tennis equipment for players.
They’re lightweight, portable, durable, and have a tonne of uses for the Weekend Warrior, right through to the...
How to stay healthy and enjoy playing tennis for life.
One thing that I love about tennis, is that it brings people together, it is a game for life. Studies have shown, that people who play tennis live longer, so why would you ever quit? People quit when the game is no longer...
Having been tennis trainers for over 20 years and worked with a diverse range of players from tennis professionals to tennis kids, we have seen a lot. We have also found some major missing links in players' tennis strength and conditioning programming and training. These are areas we are...
