Best time to focus on Single leg training When’s the best time to focus on single leg training? If you had asked me this question 10 years ago I might have given you a different answer. Early in my career I was influenced by the NASM Personal Training certification and their method. [Full disclosure: I […]
Racketedge Conference 2017 Last weekend I had the privilege to be invited to speak at the inaugural Racketedge conference. I was really excited as I have been a professional colleague of Howard Green for several years and I was delighted that he has set up a company ‘Racketedge’ partnering with Jonny Fraser- and then setting […]
Last Thursday I had the privilege of presenting to a group of Master Performance Coach (MPC) candidates at the Lawn Tennis Association National Tennis Centre. This is a Level 5 Tennis coach qualification and represents the highest level you can get in Tennis coaching. I’ve previously wrote about Heart rate Monitoring which you can read […]
In this week’s blog post I want to discuss a topic which has come up again recently, and it’s a topic that will not go away. It concerns resistance training and youths. Pictures of Cruz Beckham on Instagram lifting heavy weights prompted the question — how young is too young to be performing bench presses? […]
Are you a good coach? This is the question I asked the group of students to think about at the University of Hertfordshire, at my latest Guest lecture for David Turner and his final year sport studies students. Well, to be more specific I asked them to come up with an observation checklist that they […]
Excited to bring you news of further opportunities with APA. We are looking for S&C coaches to work with our Partners at Gosling Tennis Academy (Hertfordshire) and Challenge Tennis (Bucks). Full details are below in the PDF APA JOB ADVERTNov17 role Racketedge Tennis Fitness, Sport Science and Coaching Conference Also don’t forget I will […]
This week I had a few comments from parents who were concerned about their children lifting weights. I also had a great meeting with a tennis team about the annual plan of a 13 year old boy and discussion of his strength & conditioning goals for the year. It’s funny how various coaches I […]
Last Sunday I delivered a workshop on ”The Key to Running a Successful S&C Programme- 5 Numbers to Live By.” This blog is a summary of the key take home messages from the workshop. I have narrated the presentation. If you want to listen to the whole thing I go for around 40 minutes but […]
Hey Everyone!! I am a bit embarrassed to admit it has been over a month since I posted a blog, it feels like I’m in confession!! In truth, I made a deliberate effort to disconnect for a few weeks on holiday and then I wanted to take my time to digest and reflect on the […]
In this post I introduce a couple of Tennis Specific Endurance tests. As I explain in the video above there is a big difference between running in a straight line and running sideways with a tennis racket in your hand. They require different physical qualities. Below is a summary of some of the traditional performance […]
Tennis Fitness Camps
£10.00 – £15.00
Tennis Conditioning Blueprint - Serve EBook
£3.99
Tennis Conditioning Blueprint - Groundstrokes EBook
£3.99
