If you Google ‘fast feet drills’, you will find see thousands and thousands of them. You will also find articles, videos, and graphics of athletes performing all kinds of fast-foot drills. But, there is a problem. Just doing random fast-foot drills without a system of execution is like playing tennis holding the racquet the wrong …
Because we are strength and conditioning professionals, we feel we must always have our athletes perform drills, but do we factor in the drills and reps they get on the court? Seriously! Consider how many times a tennis player moves laterally, changes directions, accelerates, and decelerates. It’s a ton! If we have these players do …
Because coaches base a lot of their success on how the player performs the drill, they will use drills pleasing to the eye. A finely demonstrated and outlined cone drill can make onlookers envious of the ease at which a player moves through and around the cones. The coaches are aiming for a score of …
Being able to structure a session requires an understanding of the science of training and the effects it will cause, with the art of manipulating the variables to get the desired result and motivate athletes. Five components are important to me… Always prepare with multi-planar movements The more players are prepared to move in …
One of my favorite movies to watch is Escape Plan with Stallone and Schwarzenegger. If you have not seen it, their job is to escape from a maximally secured prison. A principle of movement for tennis players I use is to “escape space.” Escaping space for a tennis player means to move out of their …
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One of the great things that have come from the last many decades is we have specialists in the overall tennis performance field. We have: Tennis Coaches Tennis Skills Coaches Tennis Physical Therapists Tennis Performance Coaches Tennis Mental Strategist… They all add so much value to the player and the sport. What’s important is that …
In almost every sport, there are a couple of athletes, at the highest level, that can do things no one else can do or should. In tennis, Roger Federer might be one of the greatest movers on the court of all time. He is so fluid and makes it look easy. That’s part of the …
If we ask what the most important skill is for any athlete, in my opinion, it’s READING! What do I mean by reading? Of course, a tennis player must have solid strokes, serves, volleys, and tactics. But the ability to read the opponent and where she will be hitting the next ball, and what type …
The CTSS Blog is a place where I will share my thoughts on tennis speed, training, science, coaching, and all that is happening in the world of tennis… as it relates to tennis speed. For the first-ever CTSS blog, let’s cover one of my favorite topics- TENNIS SPEED DRILLS! However, I’m going to take a …
