How objective testing helped guide two months of targeted physical preparation at Costa Performance. Performance testing becomes valuable when it changes what we do next. This case study with tennis player Harlow Pieramici is a good example of how communication…
Daniel (a fictional character) could hit his backhand comfortably during the warm-up. The first few rallies felt normal. His grip was relaxed, the ball was arriving at a predictable speed and his elbow produced only a mild awareness that he…
A tennis exercise doesn’t need to look like tennis to improve tennis performance. This distinction is important. We often see the idea of “sport-specific training” interpreted very literally. If the athlete plays tennis, exercises start to include rackets, tennis strokes,…
When people hear the term “tennis training,” the first image that usually comes to mind is a tennis court. Forehands, backhands, serves, footwork and hours of practice with a racket. But there is another part of developing a tennis player…
When we talk about speed in tennis, the conversation usually focuses on how quickly a player can get to the ball. But there is another part of movement that deserves just as much attention: How well can the player stop?…
When an athlete gets injured, we usually start with the physical questions. What structure was injured?How much load can it tolerate?How much strength was lost?When can the athlete return to training? All of these questions matter. But an injury changes…
Over the past few weeks, I had the opportunity to spend time in Great Britain alongside tennis coach Dyego Moyano, supporting a group of two professional players and three juniors during training and competition. We were based in Reading, where…
Ask most athletes why they do mobility work and you’ll probably hear the same answers: “to loosen up,” “to improve flexibility,” or “to prevent injuries.” While those benefits may exist, they miss what might be the most important reason mobility…
In high-performance sports, there is a common tendency to associate better results with getting stronger, faster, or simply spending more hours practicing technical skills. While all of these are important, athletic performance is much more complex than any single physical…
