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linear sprint training
I recently started working with a young 19 year old. As I always do when starting to coach a new player, I took him through some testing (both formal and informal). Part of this process is simply me asking players what type of training they’ve been doing of late, what they like doing and so on.
Funny enough, this player mentioned that explosiveness is a priority of his. That it’s something he feels has been lacking in his game - he came to the right place ;).
Tennis is a sport where players aren’t reaching top running speeds very often, if ever. Most movements in tennis are short in both duration and distance. Some older stats point towards 3 metres as being the average distance a player moves during each shot. But averages don’t really tell us the whole story.
Despite that, I always urge coaches and players to make sure there’s enough speed and acceleration training in their programs. Read More…
