Physical Training
Section Overview
The top players in the world rely on custom tailored training programs to give them power, speed and endurance. A decade ago, a few players started the trend and proved that it gave them an edge. Today it's a requirement just to compete at the highest levels. But some players, such as Andre Agassi or Justine Henin-Hardenne seem to maximize the potential benefits.
Physical training has become a blend of art and science, combining aerobics, flexibility, and strength training with on court movement drills tailored to the specific demands of the game. Players train in stages, combining the various training elements in varying amounts to produce peak performance at key times over the course of a year's competitive cycle. That's called Periodization training.
Tennisplayer gives you the opportunity to follow these same awesome programs for yourself. At your level.
Pat Ectheberry was a pioneer in off court training. He was the first to introduce it to Agassi at Bollettieri's. Over his career he has probably worked with more Grand Slam champions than any single coach in the modern game: Agassi, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Monica Seles, Jennifer Carpriati, Martina Hingis, and most recently Justine Henin-Hardenne, among others.
Paul Roetert is currently the director of USTA High Performance. He has educational, research, and training credentials matched by few if any experts in modern coaching. He developed the program presented here when he was head of USTA Sports Science. It forms the foundation for the way elite American players are training on a daily basis.
As with so much of the information on Tennisplayer, I have a personal connection to this work. Following their programs was a tremendous challenge but the reward was worth it. It made a clear contribution to my competitive success. Not to mention what it did for my health and especially energy level. It's probably not a coincidence that I met my wife during the period when I was training the hardest and in the best shape of my life. We won't guarantee that last result for Tennisplayer subscribers, but think about ithere's a way to raise your game a level or morewithout having to actually change your game.
Marc Kovacs, PhD
Oncourt Training For Tennis
Developing Power with Medicine Balls - NEW
Cone Drills
Dynamic Warm Up and Strengthening
Scott Riewald, PhD
Injury Prevention
Preventing Serving Injuries
Preventing Wrist Injuries
Hip Injuries and the Open Stance Forehand
Open Stance Forehand: Injuries and Prevention
Pat Etcheberry
Pro Secrets of Cross Training
Introduction and Warm Up
The Stretch
Stage 1: Aerobic Conditioning
Stage 1: Weight Training: Upper Body
Stage 1: Weight Training: Lower Body
Stage 2: Aerobic and On Court Day
Stage 2: Additional On Court Drills
Pro Secrets of Cross Training: Stage 2 Weight Training
Pro Secrets of Cross Training: Stage 3 Building Power and Speed
Pro Secrets of Cross Training: Stage 4
Pro Secrets of Cross Training: Stage 5
Pro Secrets of Cross Training: Stage 6: Recovery
Giancarlo Andreani
My Etcheberry Adventure
Paul Roetert
Periodization for Tennis
What is Periodization?
The Four Phases
A Dynamic Warm Up
Stretching Part 1
Stretching Part 2
Strength Training: Lower Body Machines
Strength Training: Lower Body Free Weights
Strength Training: Trunk
Strength Training: Trunk Extensions
Strength Training: Rotator Cuff
Strength Training: Upper Body Part 1
Strength Training: Upper Body Part 2
Strength Training: Forearm and Wrist
Quickness and Agility Drills
More Quickness and Agility Drills
Ball and Racket Drills
More Ball and Racket Drills
Note: this list reflects the full original TennisPlayer.net Physical Training table of contents. None of these individual articles have been archived locally yet — this section currently exists as an overview/TOC page only.