How many players have you seen do a set routine of tennis stretches after match play? Probably less than five. However, it is widely accepted that stretching can help with recovery, increasing range of motion and injury prevention. So why don’t more tennis players do cool down stretches? My gut tells me that they don’t […]
6 Core Exercises for Tennis Every Player Should Do
We all want to improve our tennis game and you can by improving your fitness. Tennis players should be focusing on their core. Abs Abs Abs! Everyone wants those defined abs and tennis players do so much rotational movement that a solid core is essential. If your core is weak you run the risk of […]
10 Minute Tennis Warm Up Routine
Having a pre planned tennis warm up is essential. Here’s a brand new warm up routine that you can use before ANY of your workouts in any workout program. Before exercising it is important to raise your heart rate, activate your key muscle groups, mobilize your key joints, and perform some tennis related movements to […]
Tennis Doubles Strategy and Positioning
Introduction Playing tennis with different doubles partners can be frustrating because not everyone knows tennis doubles strategy. Often times tennis doubles positioning varies from partner to partner. So, rather than going off of my years of tennis experience and discussions with professionals in the industry I decided to research for statistics to determine patterns of […]
Tennis Singles Strategy and Statistics
Introduction When talking tennis with my peers and fellow tennis coaches it became evident that we all had our own preferences on tennis singles strategy. However, none of us had the data to suggest which approach would be ideal. So I decided to do some research and found many valuable resources, one of which was […]
6 Simple Ways to Be a Better Tennis Coach
We have all either had, or have heard, about that overbearing coach that yells at their students when they make mistakes. Maybe they used negative reinforcement throughout their instruction. Some people might defend the coach by praising their knowledge and expertise. However, teaching tennis technique, and proper form, is actually the easiest part of being […]
Tennis Conditioning Drills that Bring Focus and Purpose
On Court Tennis Conditioning Drills Here are some tennis conditioning drills that Chris Ferguson and myself do regularly to push ourselves on the court. Recommended Areas of Focus when doing Tennis Conditioning Drills The drill has to be challenging. Just enough so that we are pushed out of our comfort zone and need stretch our abilities […]
Warm Up Tennis Drills for Pre-Match Play
Warm Up Tennis Drills Warm up tennis drills are a great way to structure a tennis warm up at all levels of play. We have all seen a group of friends or a family step out onto the tennis court and start hitting groundstrokes from the baseline for a few minutes and call out, “Let’s […]
