Developing High Performance Tennis Players

This book is for every player who feels stuck and frustrated by lack of improvement. It is the perfect guide to understanding and developing every aspect of the game. After writing Developing High Performance Tennis Players - a system to develop competitive players - I wanted to utilize my fifty years experience as a competitor, high performance coach, coaches' coach and instructor of players of all ages and levels to write a practical book with the most effective strategies for anyone to improve and enjoy the game.The book breaks tennis down into ten performance-determining factors that directly establish a player's performance level: consistency, precision, footwork, perception and anticipation, variation, spin, ball speed, camouflage, mental skill and decision making. Each chapter addresses one of these factors and presents simple and effective tips and exercises to develop it, ultimately improving overall performance. This guide is the perfect long-term companion for any player. It can be read cover to cover or selectively by focusing on the chapter that addresses immediate, specific problems or concerns.Play with Passion!Edgar Giffenig played for the University of Texas, completing degrees in business and exercise physiology. He was a national coach for the United States, Germany and Mexico, supporting the development of many future superstars including Mike and Bob Bryan.Edgar is the author of Developing High Performance Tennis Players, a frequent speaker at international coaches' conferences and workshops and a consultant at www.tennisgate.com. He is a member of the International Tennis Federation Coaches Commission and an avid competitor, who in 2016 was ranked fifth in the 55 and over ITF world rankings.Throughout his career Edgar has worked with hundreds of players of all ages from beginners to professionals. Currently he lives in Connecticut directing the Norfolk Country Club and is involved in coaching education worldwide.

The purpose of this book is to make it easier for all tennis players, coaches and everyone involved in the development of the player, to see a clear development path and to use this book as a community for everyone involved. Through this book, coaches can systematically and individually train their players step by step with the aim to first build the athlete then the player, which they’ll benefit from for the rest of their lives, not just in tennis. This document follows the player and become a community for everyone involved; the player, tennis coaches, physical trainer, parents etc. “Long Term Player Development - On Court Tennis” is 18 years of long-term development with 800 + ways to improve and 35 different tests. The coach is able to do 1-2 tests a week with the player for the player’s entire career.

This book is a manual for working with 10 to 14 year old tennis players. It presents the principles and fundamentals of the International Tennis Federations Performance Tennis Initiative. This book also presents more than 50 tennis drills and exercises directed to junior tennis players. The drills are presented in a progressive way, by using the criteria of the modern teaching methodology. It also includes practical information on the fundamentals of developing young tennis players: awareness of standards, methodology of training, competitive options, training and competition programmes, talent assessment and talent selection criteria.

Long-Term Athlete Development offers an in-depth explanation of the long-term athlete development model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development to produce athlete growth.

If you have watched a Grand Slam tennis tournament in the past decade, you are probably aware that the game is dominated by just a few international powerhouses. At the conclusion of each tournament, it is likely that you will see Serena Williams atop the women’s podium and a member of the Big Four—Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray—hoisting the trophy for the men. And while there is not a lot of variety in the outcome of these matches, the game of tennis itself has changed drastically over the decades, as developments in technology and conditioning regimens, among other factors, have altered the style of play. Underpinning many of these developments is science, and this book explains the scientific wonders that take the ball from racket to racket and back again. Each chapter explores a different facet of the game—learning, technique, game analysis, the mental edge, physical development, nutrition for performance and recovery, staying healthy, and equipment—and is organized around a series of questions. How do we learn the ins and outs of hitting the ball in and not out? What are the main technological developments and software programs that can be used to assist in performance and notational analysis in tennis? What role does sports psychology play in developing a tennis player? What is the role of fluid replacement for the recreational, junior, and professional player? What rule changes have been made with respect to the racket, ball, and ball-court interaction to maintain the integrity of the game in the face of technological change? Each question is examined with the aid of explanatory diagrams and illustrations, and the book can be used to search for particular topics, or read straight through for a comprehensive overview of how player and equipment work together. Whether you prefer the grass courts of Wimbledon, the clay courts of the French Open, or the hard courts of the US and Australian Opens, Tennis Science is a must-have for anyone interested in the science behind a winning game.

Teaching Tennis Volume 3 is a comprehensive book for players, coaches, and parents about the specifics of competitive tennis. The Development of Champions is the last of the trilogy of instructional tennis books. It will enhance the understanding of methodology and progression in teaching tournament players. After the fundamentals of the game are explained in volume 1, readers are able to build on that information in the second book with specific details on how to develop advanced technical, tactical, mental, and physical skills. Volume 3 is for instructing tournament players of all levels for individual and team competition. It is beneficial for readers to examine these books in order. The books complement one another in the development, progression, and application process while improving your game.

This practical textbook explains the sport development process from a practitioner’s viewpoint, showing what actually works, how, and why. Focusing on the development of sport, the book considers the efforts of sport organisations to revitalise their sports at a community level to ensure their future relevance, growth, and sustainability. Full of real-world cases and data, as well as the voices and reflections of a wide range of practitioners, Sport Development in Action explains how to research and draw up a development plan, how to design and implement programmes and establish delivery networks, and how to monitor and evaluate initiatives. This is essential reading for any sport development course, and useful reading for courses in sport management, sports coaching, or sports studies. It is also an indispensable reference book for practitioners.