In Pro Secrets of Mental Toughness, Pat Etcheberry trains you to develop the same conditional skills used by the world’s top professional players.
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Stage 5: Competition What training if any should you continue to do during the competitive phase? This depends on how long the competitive phase lasts and how tough your matches are. Unwind Definitely you will want to do some light...
Stage 4 in your training program is Preparing for Competition. The duration in Stage 4 is again three weeks. The workout frequency is two days per week. Playing Tennis In Stage 4, playing tennis becomes more crucial. You should play...
We've come a long way since the start of this series, and have developed a comprehensive staged, training program to prepare you to play your best tennis. This article takes us to Stage 6. It may look like the shortest...
Stage 3 in your cross training program is dedicated to building power and speed. Again the duration is three weeks. The workout frequency should be two days per week, although you can add extra days as in the other stages....
In your weight training day in Stage 2, you will increase the amount of weight, and at the same time, drop the number of repetitions. Do the same exercises you learned in Stage 1. On alternate days do the lower...
This article and the one that follows will outlines additional on court movement drills, in addition to the three test exercises from the previous article. During your on court training days in Stage 2, you should do between four and...
Now that you have achieved a basic fitness level your training can move to Stage 2, designed to build endurance and strength. Here the training becomes more intense. For the first time the program adds on court conditioning and movement...
