Tennis can be tough on your body! Just ask Federer, Nadal and the typical club member at Manly Lawn. It’s been cold, wet and windy in Sydney for Badge — the perfect recipe for injury!
At some point, particularly as we age, our injuries become chronic — and our recovery time between play becomes longer. The result: we play less and, even more, are less inclined to play!
For chronic injuries, the Guys from Trident may be able to help you like they did for me — and my bum shoulder. Their methodology — small, targeted interventions to keep you moving, is similar to the Carrolls, the tennis trainers, who used to keep me on the courts in California. US Nationals are typically five day events on brutal hard courts, so you needed all the help you could get to make it through to finals day — if you were good enough.
For the rest of us, here’s a link to a youtube series of dynamic warm-up and cool-down exercises that were created specifically for tennis players to stop injury or discomfort before it begins. I have used a variation of Pete’s exercises for many years to continue to play competitively — here’s an example.
I can attest that these exercise, when done regularly, will help you feel more agile, relieve any joint or muscle tightness, and ensure that you are ready for most shots that comes your way — so you can play tennis for life!
Wishing you good health and tennis for life,
Rob
USPTA
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Stop Chronic Injuries
/in Ask the Pro, Tennis4Life/by RobTennis can be tough on your body! Just ask Federer, Nadal and the typical club member at Manly Lawn. It’s been cold, wet and windy in Sydney for Badge — the perfect recipe for injury!
At some point, particularly as we age, our injuries become chronic — and our recovery time between play becomes longer. The result: we play less and, even more, are less inclined to play!
For chronic injuries, the Guys from Trident may be able to help you like they did for me — and my bum shoulder. Their methodology — small, targeted interventions to keep you moving, is similar to the Carrolls, the tennis trainers, who used to keep me on the courts in California. US Nationals are typically five day events on brutal hard courts, so you needed all the help you could get to make it through to finals day — if you were good enough.
For the rest of us, here’s a link to a youtube series of dynamic warm-up and cool-down exercises that were created specifically for tennis players to stop injury or discomfort before it begins. I have used a variation of Pete’s exercises for many years to continue to play competitively — here’s an example.
I can attest that these exercise, when done regularly, will help you feel more agile, relieve any joint or muscle tightness, and ensure that you are ready for most shots that comes your way — so you can play tennis for life!
Wishing you good health and tennis for life,
Rob
USPTA
The Psychology of Turning Points in Tennis
/in Ask the Pro/by RobNow that we are hot and heavy into Badge, thought the attached IT coaching article might be helpful in managing/understanding the competitive pressures! Cheers, Rob
The psychological strategies used by players to deal with these turning points will determine how effective players are in using these situations to their advantage.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the concept of turning points and understand more clearly the strategies applied by elite players to deal with turning points during a tennis match. A series of semi-structured interviews was conducted with nine elite professional players from five different countries, followed by a thematic content analysis of the interviews.
The analysis revealed four key themes: positive turning points situations, negative turning points situations, strategies to capitalise on positive turning points and strategies to cope with negative turning points.
On a practical level, strategies are suggested that coaches and psychologists can use to help players managing turning points.
Here’s the link: ITF-PsychologyTurningPoints