| Did you already wonder how you could improve your | | | | resistance as bunjie cords behind the players. Repeat |
| performance without having to go to the gym or run | | | | different kind of movements, focusing on the right |
| for miles and miles everyday? On court fitness training | | | | technique and the resistance will help to become even |
| is one of the best training method that can help you to | | | | more explosive on the court. |
| improve the specific skills of your activity. To describe | | | | Once the players are able to do this drills with the right |
| more in details this kind of training we will talk about on | | | | footwork, do not forget first step and recovery steps |
| court fitness training for tennis players. | | | | are two keys for tennis players, you can start to add |
| On court fitness training includes all the different | | | | live balls that you feed at the same spot every time.. |
| practices that are done on a tennis court. Most on the | | | | This can be done with or without resistance. The |
| time on court fitness training is done to improve the | | | | player focus on his movements and the fact that he |
| agility, quickness and specific movements of the | | | | now has to hit a tennis ball will add even more |
| players. Training on the tennis court helps the players | | | | specificity. |
| to be really specific and to understand exactly how | | | | Once the player is able to use the proper technique |
| these drills could help them to become better tennis | | | | and to be quick during this kind of drills with live balls, he |
| players. | | | | will move a lot better and be a lot quicker during real |
| There are so many different kind of practice you can | | | | match situations. |
| run on court to increase a player fitness level that you | | | | Another great workout that I like to use as on court |
| can just use your imagination and make sure that the | | | | fitness training is medicine ball rallies. Have two players |
| drills you are implementing are tennis specific. | | | | playing point in the service boxes with a 4 to 8 lbs |
| First of all use tennis racquets in most of the case to | | | | medicine ball. Make sure this medicine ball bounce and |
| add some specificity. You can start by doing the drill | | | | make them play different tie breakers, using forehand |
| without any tennis balls. Run to a cone as if you were | | | | and backhand throws. This will of course help them to |
| going to hit a forehand or a backhand, shadow the | | | | improve their upper body power but also their |
| stroke and come back to the starting point. When you | | | | footwork and balance on the court. |
| do these kinds of specific movements, make sure that | | | | You can also improve their aerobic capacity with on |
| you are using an explosive first step that you are | | | | court fitness training, while moving for the length of a |
| balanced all the time and use proper technique when | | | | point, usually less than 10 seconds, and recovering |
| you recover like using a cross over step and the side | | | | between each set for 25 seconds. Those ratios are |
| steps. | | | | specific for tennis and if you do this for at least 20 |
| This basic drill can be used for all the strokes, included | | | | minutes it is a good way to improve your players |
| the volleys and overheads. Repeat several sets of 10 | | | | specific endurance. |
| repetitions for each stroke. Make sure your player or | | | | On court fitness training is the best practice you can |
| your self is really using the right technique in his | | | | do to improve a tennis player specific conditioning. |
| footwork and that he is as intense and fast as he can. | | | | There a lot of different drills that you could use. |
| This will help to improve the explosive power and | | | | Fit4tennis could help you to find the right fitness |
| quickness very fast. | | | | program for tennis. |
| For more advanced players you can start to add | | | | |