Entries by dazdrake

How Do We Learn To Move – Part 2

This blog has been simmering for a few years now.  I wanted to share my experiences as someone who has been coaching for 20 years, and has subscribed to one particular philosophy of coaching athletes how to move- only to move away from this way in recent years.   In Part 1 – I summarised […]

How Much Do You Train Your Serve?

This blog is an update on the Vision of APA and a run down of the findings of the first Pilot Study looking at shot frequency data for junior elite tennis players.   I’ve mentioned previously that APA has the goal of being the ”Best Tennis S&C Team in the World” by 2025. This will […]

How Do We Learn To Move? – Part 1

This blog has been simmering for a few years now.  I wanted to share my experiences as someone who has been coaching for 20 years, and has subscribed to one particular philosophy of coaching athletes how to move- only to move away from this way in recent years.   The traditional information processing approach to […]

Periodisation for Tennis – Part 4

One of the benefits of running a strength & conditioning coaching company is that each year I get to mentor a new set of coaches.  In the last few weeks two questions have been raised by some of the interns which I thought would make a good blog topic for discussion.   How do you […]

APA Price Changes

This article will explain the price changes for all APA clients, which go into effect on 1 April 2023.   What APA Prices are changing?   Starting from 1 April the price of all one-to-one sessions and packages will increase.  See the tables below for more information.   APA Coach Current price per hour New […]

How Do You Decide on the Goals of an S&C Programme?

One of the benefits of running a strength & conditioning coaching company is that each year I get to mentor a new set of coaches.  In the last few weeks two questions have been raised by some of the interns which I thought would make a good blog topic for discussion.   How do you […]

Are You Happy?

First of all Happy New Year to all who read this blog.  I’ll spare you the cliched post about setting goals – it’s not that I don’t like to set goals, just that they don’t necessarily need to start in January!   Having said that, Christmas is one of the few times where I take […]

Level 2 Gym Instructor Qualification – January 22 2023

Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing   Description: This is a fully accredited Level 2 Gym Instructor course running on the following Sundays: January 22nd (face to face), 29th (Zoom), February 5th (face to face), 12th (Zoom), and 26th (face to face).   There are NO EXAMS, just continual assessment.   This course is normally […]