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                  Speed Training for Tennis Players!

Find out how to become a faster and more agile athlete on the tennis court through these great speed training articles and resources. You will find great speed training drills and exercises, tips and advice as well as step by step programs related to speed training for tennis players. Read articles about speed training technique, speed potential for athletes, speed and agility training equipment, testing athletes for speed and much more!

 

 

 

                                                        Speed Training Drills Tennis eBook

This eBook contains great drills and exercises that focus on speed training. You will find all of these drills presented in an easy to read PDF eBook. There are clear instructions as well as easy to follow diagrams for every drill. Once you have opened your eBook please save the eBook to you own computer (save to "My Documents" or another folder of your choice) as this will allow you to have easier access to all drills as well as being able to print these drills when you want them. Click here to get your Speed Training Tennis Drills eBook......more>>

 

 

Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Functional Training  

By David Horne                            

What is Functional Training? This is one of those terms that has entered the sports and fitness industry over recent years. It basically refers to performing exercises or movements that simulate a specific movement required by your sport. It is a training method that strives to enhance the performance of a specific movement or skill. By “copying” or “mimicking” the movement in an exercise we are increasing the transfer of positive adaptational changes across to our specific skill.

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

1. Flexibility
2. Strength Training
3. Developing a Strong Core
4. Power Training
5. Developing Explosive Starts
6. Reactive Speed / Anticipation
7. Agility Training
8. Functional Training

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Tennis Exercises to Improve Court Quickness

In tennis a lot depends on your speed – both court speed and racket speed. So let’s talk about court speed.Quickly getting to the ball and getting setup, being able to get to balls that are just out of reach, approaching the net quickly, and getting yourself positioned are just some advantages of being fast and quick on the court.Tennis exercises specifically designed to make your leg muscles faster, and not necessarily stronger, will give you the advantage over your opponent. Your opponent will now be the one chasing balls and gasping for breath. The secret to quickness on the court is to condition the fast twitch fibers in your leg muscles to perform what is called a 'fast twitch response' – which basically means to contract with speed and acceleration. Read Entire Article on Tennis Exercises to Improve Court Quickness >>>>

 

 

Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Agility   

By David Horne                            

An athlete can essentially reprogram their body through repetition. When you perform a specific pattern sequence of a skill that you have learned or practised; you are training your body to become more instinctive in reproducing these movements. As a result of repetition your motor processing system will direct your muscles to contract and produce force in the proper order. What are some of the factors that are involved in training an athlete to become more responsive or react more quickly to a certain situation......

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

Flexibility
Strength Training
Developing a Strong Core
Power Training
Developing Explosive Starts
Reactive Speed / Anticipation
Agility Training
8. Functional Training   

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Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Reflex Training and Reaction Speed Step 6  

By David Horne                            

An athlete can essentially reprogram their body through repetition. When you perform a specific pattern sequence of a skill that you have learned or practised; you are training your body to become more instinctive in reproducing these movements. As a result of repetition your motor processing system will direct your muscles to contract and produce force in the proper order. What are some of the factors that are involved in training an athlete to become more responsive or react more quickly to a certain situation......

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

Flexibility
Strength Training
Developing a Strong Core
Power Training
Developing Explosive Starts
Reactive Speed / Anticipation
Agility Training
8. Functional Training           

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Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Developing Explosive Starts  Step 5

By David Horne        

I have included this "Explosive Start" section into the speed development model as this is often one area neglected by athletes. Many sports require the athlete to start from a stationary position as well as trying to achieve to maximum speed while on the run.

 

If two athletes have similar a speed score when performing the flying 20 speed test, yet one athlete excels over the other athlete when performing speed tests from a stationary position then it is likely that this athlete has a better start. This contributes to his success when it comes to being faster......

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

Flexibility
Strength Training
Developing a Strong Core
Power Training
Developing Explosive Starts
Reactive Speed / Anticipation
Agility Training
8. Functional Training           

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Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Power Training  Step 4

By David Horne        

Power Training is essential if you wish to become faster! Power training should only be introduced into a training program once the previous steps of flexibility, strength training and core training have been established. This article covers every aspect associated with power training and speed from which exercises you should use, to safety, to how to land correctly when using plyo-boxes, adaptations and much more.

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

Flexibility
Strength Training
Developing a Strong Core
Power Training
Developing Explosive Starts
Reactive Speed / Anticipation
Agility Training
8. Functional Training           

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Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Core, Posture, Balance Step 3

By David Horne        

In previous articles I have spoken about core training. This article summarises all key points and how it is a major component involved in speed training development. When an athlete devotes some time to developing and strengthening the core then they are improving their speed. The core plays an important role in balance and stability during sprints. It is also important during the loading phase of plyometric training. As a result this is why strengthening the core precedes power training.

The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

1. Flexibility
2. Strength Training
3. Developing a Strong Core
4. Power Training
5. Developing Explosive Starts
6. Reactive Speed / Anticipation
7. Agility Training
8. Functional Training                  

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Speed Training for Tennis Players - Strength Training Step 2

By David Horne

Strength training is required to help develop a “base” from which an athlete can build upon and become faster. Strength is required before power training and it helps to lay the foundation for overall body conditioning. I have found that strength is the single most dominant factor in predicting and also improving speed. It is not the only factor but it is definitely the main one that can bring about the most significant results. The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

Flexibility
Strength Training
Developing a Strong Core
Power Training
Developing Explosive Starts
Reactive Speed / Anticipation
Agility Training
8. Functional Training                                                                                     

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Speed Training for Tennis Players - Part 6: Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed  - Flexibility  Step 1   By David Horne

Now we get into what I call the " 8 Steps to Developing Blazing Speed." These have been put together thorugh many years of experience as a tennis player, coach, as an exercise physiologist to Olympic and professional athletes and through working with some of the best speed training coaches in the world. The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:

(1) Flexibility

(2) Strength Training

(3) Developing a Strong Core

(4) Power Training

(5) Developing Explosive Starts

(6) Reactive speed / Anticipation

(7) Agility Training

(8) Functional Training

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Speed Training for Tennis Players - Program Design and Implementation  - Part 5

By David Horne (Exercise Physiologist)

For any good speed training program to succeed you must plan and design the appropriate program specific for each player. Program design includes covering periodization, phases of the years (pre, in-season and post season), specificity, variety, overload, progression, consistency, preparation, skill demonstration, assessment..... Read full speed training article>>>>