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Written by Paul Gold
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With the modern tennis focus on power and the physique of Rafael Nadal, players are hitting the gym in the quest to become stronger and, hopefully, more powerful on court. Increasing strength can improve the intensities at which players can perform (as well as reducing the potential for injury), but can you be too strong? For example, there have been many past players who were acknowledged as being very fit, but I think you would agree were not visually brimming with strength and power like Nadal. Would those former stars] have been more “talented” if they had been stronger? Would they have been that much better if they had been training today? There is no question that strength without skill, or even good skill levels with low strength, will produce less than optimum results. But does it really matter if a player can squat 440+ lbs (200+ kg)? Is a squat of 220 lbs (100 kg) along with great stability, power, body control, and skill, etc. a better combination? I can hear some of you saying, “Why not have all these and a 440+ lbs) 200+ kg squat”? The main problem I see is that many coaches and fitness trainers are getting their players to weight train using “old” non-sports specific bodybuilding principles focusing on building size in isolated muscles using exercises that focus primarily on one plane of motion. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Written by Tomaz Mencinger
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Tennis is a mentally demanding sport for the following reasons: Actual game play takes only 10-35% of the game time that players spend on the court. During this time, many negative or unimportant thoughts appear in the player's consciousness that negatively influence coordination, timing, motivation and consequently affect concentration and energy levels. More than 1000 times per match, a player has to make a decision in less than a second. No one is perfect and so the player makes mistakes. How a player handles these mistakes is crucially important to his game. It's an individual sport where there are no time-outs, no substitutions or time limits. The scoring system allows the player to win from any situation, even when trailing by many games. This system allows many turnovers and changes of momentum. Coaching is not allowed except in rare occasions. In order to overcome these mental challenges you can use these mental strategies and tips: Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Written by Sergio Cruz
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This is a continuation of the article "Donkey wins the Tennis Australian Open 2008 title!" http://tenniscruz.com/content/view/186/27/ Are Champions Born or Made? Is the Answer in the Genes? If so then what separates the tennis champions from the regular tennis players and what are the tell-tale signs of champion material being on the tennis court? First, I am going to answer the second question, this is an extract from a presentation by Frank Slezak at the European Tennis Symposium for Coaches 2006, a top Tcheckoslovakian Tennis Coach and experienced in working and observing developing world class tennis junior players for many years. Write Comment (1 comments) |
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