Group Fitness Training for Tennis Squads

By David Horne

Circuit training can be a very productive way of training a large group of athletes. A circuit consists of multiple exercise stations with athletes separated into groups. Athletes will have a turn at each station with a designated time at each station as well as rest intervals.  During the off-season you will be able to devote more time to fitness training. However, during the competitive season more time is generally devoted to match play and skills training while trying to maintain fitness levels. As a result circuit training is a productive way of “hitting” all of the key fitness components required by tennis players........more about group fitness training >>

Why Do Some Tennis Players Hit So Many Unforced Errors?

Kyril Popoff is a former NCAA Div1 All-Conference Tennis Player, Instructor, Coach and Author.

Here's a doozy. I could literally give you dozens of reasons why people hit more unforced errors that they should, but that wouldn't do you much good. I will give you the number one reason, however: Poor balance. I've written extensively about this subject in the past, but I would like to 'connect the dots' for you, as it were, and explain how poor balance causes a subtle chain of events to occur that, explained individually, don't add up to much; but when linked together, explains how a tennis player can go from being in perfect position to hitting that unforced error in less than one second. Read Article About Tennis Players and Unforced Errors>>>>