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 …
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 …
Tennis Players…You Are Landmine Pressing Wrong! The question strength coaches must always answer is going to revolve around shoulder health. One of the exercises, or should I say movement patterns, is vertical shoulder pressing. Is it good or bad? The most famous answer ever invented is, drumroll, please… IT DEPENDS! Yes, there it is. The …
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 …
Power Doesn’t Come From The “Hips.” I can hear it now as the coach yells, “The power comes from your hips, USE YOUR HIPS MORE”! The coach is partially right. So much of our power is generated when we use our hips. But what if we used our hips, didn’t use our legs, and didn’t …
