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Tennis

Tennis specific training

The following Sports Coach articles provide information specific to the sport of Tennis:

• Get a grip - relevancy for your sport
• Give Tennis the Elbow
• How to prepare a Tennis training program
• How to survive the tennis training regimes
• Client-centred coaching survey
• Watch your opponent
• Watch the ball
• Second Serve
• Coming into the Net
• Tennis is a complex game
• Tennis is more psychological
• What should a good coach have on the court?
• What kind of a coach are you?
• Basket or Playing Drills
• How to become a better coach
• Myths in modern tennis
• Can playing team sports improve tennis skills?
• How to improve your tennis game
• Interval training for the game's player
• Speed Training Program
• Find a Coach

Developing a training programme

You will find the following pages useful in developing your Tennis fitness training program.

Planning the training

• How to prepare your training program
• Example training program
• Performance Profiling - how to identify weaknesses in your skills

General strength development

• Circuit Training - develops strength and endurance
• Weight Training program using dumbbells
• Weight Training program using free weights and machines
• Weight Training program for sprinters - uses Olympic lifts

Developing elastic strength

• Plyometrics
• Plyometric Exercises - Arms
• Plyometric Exercises - Legs
• Plyometrics High-Intensity Exercises - Legs
• Complex Training - using weights and plyometrics exercises

General conditioning

• Developing your Core Stability - Abdominals and lower back
• Conditioning exercises for the legs
• Conditioning exercises for the lower legs
• Conditioning exercises for the upper body

Agility training

Some of these pages contain performance evaluation tests, but they also make good training sessions.

• 'T' Drill Test
• Agility Ladder Exercises
• 505 Agility Test
• Illinois Agility Run Test
• Zig-Zag Test

Speed development

• Speed Training
• Speed Reaction Drills
• Running Economy

Endurance training - cardiovascular development

• Developing your VO₂ max
• Interval and continuous training
• Hill training
• Training with a heart rate monitor - Training Zones

Nutrition

• Nutrition - determining your daily requirements
• What to eat when training and competing
• Nutritional tips
• Sports Drinks

Psychology

• Sports psychology
• Relaxation techniques
• Overview of mental imagery
• Mental imagery - developing the skill

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