What is a sustainable level of fitness for your tennis?

t’s a valid question as there is a level of Fitness (fitness for purpose) for everything we do. The two variables are the purpose and required fitness level. Andy Murray had to opt for a metal hip to keep playing and other pros work hard to maintain or improve their level to compete at the … Read more …

How do we Teach/Coach Motor Skills? – Part 1

Do we teach babies how to crawl, stand and then walk? or is it mainly task driven trial and error by the baby, with great encouragement (mostly) from us and sometimes the provision of some useful/useless mechanical devices. If babies learn this way, what facilitates the skill acquisition and how do they retain it. The … Read more …

Wimbledon 2017; Injury, Longevity and GOAT’s

Glorious sunshine, wilting grass and players, these may be the enduring memories of this year’s Wimbledon. More than 10 players  retired with injuries this year not including Murray and Cilic who both played out on one good leg. What does any of this mean for you as a recreational player? Very little, on first reflection, … Read more …

Tennis Sustainability

We humans enjoy the gift of movement in everyday life and in recreational activity whether it’s gardening, walking, dance, sport or any other purposeful movement we choose. The human body is designed for movement and it can be the source of our greatest joy. The consequent lift it gives to both mind and spirit is … Read more …

Tennis Elbow

Many recreational tennis players have suffered at one time or another from Tennis Elbow, soreness and/or inflammation at the tendon connection of the wrist extensor muscles, to the outside of the upper arm bone at the elbow. (The Lateral Epicondyle) It is not restricted to tennis players and a number of people involved in other … Read more …