Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

Jeff Rothschild is a registered dietitian currently helping out well established players on the ATP-tour like Mike & Bob Bryan as well as rising stars like Stefan Kozlov

In this episode you’ll get to know:

How to beat Jetlag

What causes dehydration & cramps & how to prevent it

What to have in your bag as a competitive tennis player

Get to know more about Jeff by going to www.eatsleep.fit or follow him in Instagram @eatsleep.fit

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Peter Smith (@coachpetersmith) has led The USC Trojans to 5 NCAA Team Championships within the last 7 Years as the The Head Coach & he goes into great depth with the Competitive Environment that he is trying to create.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

What the term Serious Fun means

What 50 % of USC’s Conditioning work look like

How Peter manages to be a partner, coach & dad to his sons

Get to know more about Peter by going to www.sctennisacademy.com, check out his great Championships Videos at www.championshipproductions.com or have a sneak peak at www.usctrojans.com

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Mark Kovacs (@mkovacsphd)

Mark is the Michael Jordan of Sport Science & World Class at translating very complex science into applied information that coaches, players & parents can use.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

How to conduct training sessions simulating match situations

Why you should always look at groundstrokes & the serve from the ground up

How you can learn from everyone if they meet 2 criteria

Get to know more about Mark at wwww.mark-kovacs.com & the iTPA at www.itpa-tennis.org

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Jared is finishing 2015 as the top ranked American Teenager on the ATP Rankings & in this episode you’ll get to know:

Why he choose to go to Argentina at the age of 14

What it was like training with Roger Federer

How Jared cope with the up’s & down’s as a tennis player

Follow Jared’s progress on Instagram @jared_donaldson

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Chris is Head of Women’s Tennis at Penn State University. He has coached players to 3 out of the 4 Junior Slams & 2 players to Senior Slams. He has coached both men’s & women’s teams in Division 1 College Tennis & in 2009 he became the No. 1 ranked 30 year old singles player in America despite the fact that he wasn’t able to qualify for a single nationals as a junior.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

Why he choose to go into college tennis as a volunteer coach

What’s it like to be on a team in an individual sport + the 4 core values at Penn State

The differences between working with a men’s & a women’s college team

Follow pennstate on Instagram or go check out http://www.gopsusports.com to learn more about the men’s & the women’s program.

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David is an S&C Coach who earlier in his career worked alongside legendary Pat Etcheberry at the Harry Hopman Tennis Academy, Tampa. Among other players David has worked with Victoria Azaranka, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, James Blake & Mardy Fish.

In this episode you’ll get to know:

What smoking the money maker means

Why Chest & biceps might be a secret weapon in tennis

Why Tennis specific exercises might not be ideal

Follow David on Facebook or go check out www.gtsgermany.com & sign up for his amazing weekly newsletter which DOESN’T try to sell you anything!

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In this episode you’ll get to know:

Why recovery isn’t just taking time off

What Bouchard’s recovery routine looks like

Why you might learn more as a coach by teaching reg kids than high level ones

Follow Dean on Twitter (Deaner99) or got check out www.deanhollingworth.com to get to know more about current coaching opportunities.

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03:42 World Team Tennis

05:26 Traveling on the Tour as an S&C Coach

07:05 What Dean learned

08:01 Most important skills as an S&C Coach

09:15 The rubber floor

10:48 How tennis is different

12:33 Keeping Eugenie healthy

14:07 Dynamic Warm ups

14:54 Not overtrained just under recovered

16:15 Recovery – Traning vs tournament

17:02 Comming off the court

22:15 Biggest waste of time/myth

23:20 How to know when athletes have mastered a drill

25:05 Books/persons

26:46 Talking less/coaching less

27:44 Example of specic cue

32:46 Testing

33.48 Testbattery

36:48 Advice

38:15 Caring for your athlete

In this episode you’ll get to know:

Follow Allistair on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or go visit www.themccawmethod.com to get to know more about Allistair & current coaching opportunities.

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01:40 Setting the standards

In this episode you’ll get to know:

Make sure to visit www.maximiseathleticperformance.com to get to know more about Dom & current coaching opportunities.

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01:30 Physical Demands of tennis

05:10 Most common tennis injuries

07:00 How to reduce likelihood

09:25 Mobility work

13:25 Cooling down

15:05 Good rolling

16:50 Cultural leader

20:00 Periodization

23:15 Where does the periodization start

24:05 Adjusting periodization

28:45 What to do at tournaments

31:40 Doing something at tournaments or not?

32:00 If there is no gym at cite

35:37 Spezialisation

39:37 When to Spezialize

41:59 Kids & physical training

48:36 Which Exercises to start with

54:06 Transfor to the court

55:45 Conditioning

1:00:45 Monitoring

1:06:15 Combat Sport & tennis

1:12:43 Number one skill set

1:12:26 Most valuable lesson learned

1:15:45 Biggest myth / waste of time

1:18:19 Biggest inspiration

1:21:20 What Dom has changed his mind about

1:24:00 Advice to coaches & players

In this episode you’ll get to know:

Make sure to visit www.sjtennis.com to get to know more about Steve & current coaching opportunities.

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01:30 Being a Parent & Coach