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Britain’s top tennis players. Kotze highlights the benefits of using the treadmill for interval training, but also emphasises the advantages of using free weights and medicine balls. Meanwhile, Technogym has
Strength: A training session at the LTA National Tennis Centre, Roehampton
to support the 2009 and 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2, with a full range of fi tness equipment – resistance kit alongside treadmills, cycles and cross-trainers from the 750 CV range.
been the equipment supplier for the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon for over 10 years. With more than 20 pieces of strength and cardiovascular kit in use at the facilities, Technogym has also developed its own tennis programme on the Kinesis cable system. This can provide the user with over 200 different exercises, building strength, fl exibility, resistance, co-ordination and balance – all essential elements required for optimal tennis performance. As a dominant-sided sport, tennis
requires specifi c training programmes that work to correct any physical imbalances that can easily occur, particularly in the muscles of the shoulder and the arm; cable-based strength trainers are particularly useful for this. Technogym’s Kinesis Tennis programme is accessible online and provides a well-rounded series of exercises to accomplish dynamic core muscle activation, increase lower extremity stability and change of direction capacity. Cybex, meanwhile, already provides
both strength and cardiovascular equipment to the renowned Queen’s Club in London, home to the annual ATP Aegon Championships. Following feedback from the players and coaches when at Queens, Cybex was also asked
48 Resistance options included the
Cybex FT360 cable machine, which comes highly recommended by Jez Green, fi tness coach on the ATP World Tour: “Cybex’s cable machine really stands out. It’s useful for tennis players because it offers an incredible array of angles, an excellent range of motion and good stability work.”
TENNIS CONDITIONING In addition to using equipment, players at any level can boost their fi tness by participating in a range of classes. Health clubs nationwide cater for the training needs of the amateur tennis player, as Beale comments: “David Lloyd runs group ViPR tennis sessions and group Power Plate sessions which focus on improving the members’ tennis fi tness. Our tennis centres also deliver free sessions of Cardio Tennis, an LTA- endorsed fi tness programme focusing on monitoring participants’ heart rates to ensure that they are kept at an optimal level during exercise.” Health clubs offering tennis
conditioning should ensure that their coaches receive the necessary training, as Beale explains: “All of our staff are hired with REPs Level 3 qualifi cations as a prerequisite, and anyone wanting to run tennis programmes must attend our tennis-specifi c training.”
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There would certainly seem to be the demand for health club operators to provide sport- specific coaching
Esporta, another leading nationwide
provider of tennis facilities and coaching, offers more than 300 indoor and outdoor courts across the 21 Esporta racquets clubs throughout the UK. Currently working towards achieving the LTA Clubmark and already offering a number of racquets clubs with LTA High Performance Centre accreditation, Esporta boasts Andy Murray, Pat Cash and Tim Henman as members. As with David Lloyd, Esporta provides coaching programmes to suit all levels of ability, and offers training programmes taught both individually and in groups. Meeting the physical demands for
muscular and strength endurance, power, balance and agility is ultimately best achieved through a combination of equipment-based and non-equipment based training. As tennis reaches its peak participation levels over the coming months, there would certainly seem to be the demand for health club operators to provide sport-specifi c coaching.
healthclub@leisuremedia.com lauren applegarth
may 2011 © cybertrek 2011
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