by Kylie Klotzbach | Jan 20, 2019 | Tennis Talk
Each month, females have to deal with the effects of a menstrual period. However, menstruation becomes even more complex for the female athlete. Because athletes are generally unable to break from training or competition for multiple days out of the month, learning...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Jan 13, 2019 | Tennis Talk
One of the long-standing issues within the sport of tennis is the retention of young female players. Despite the staggering dropout rate among young women in the sport, few policies have been implemented to combat this growing issue – which is where former British...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Jan 12, 2019 | Tennis Talk
When Nathan Martin first began his career as a strength and conditioning coach, he never envisioned that he would enter on a path solely dedicated to training tennis players. In actuality, it was his wife Giselle who had a vision to work with players on the Tour. The...
by WTCA coach | Jan 8, 2019 | Tennis Talk
The best way to introduce this topic is by sharing with you a story which changed my coaching vision and will probably impact yours. About two years ago in Melbourne I met Emma Doyle, the most energetic coach I have ever seen, and we discussed about what a player...
by WTCA coach | Jan 6, 2019 | Healthy Referral, Sports Performance
Among the more serious types of athletic and performance injuriesare those involving the hamstring group. This part of the musculo-skeletal system is vital in large part, for a great amount of stability, form, function, and power. Its...
by WTCA coach | Jan 6, 2019 | Healthy Referral, Sports Performance
I had the opportunity to meet Torben Ulrich, the great Danish Davis Cup player years ago in NY for a workshop on Ballplaying and the Buddhist Approach to Tennis. His philosophy is wrapped up in his response when he played the great Pancho Gonzalez and the reporter...
by WTCA coach | Jan 6, 2019 | Healthy Referral, Sports Performance
Learning who we are is one of the most precious Gifts we can give ourselves! A Gift that only we can open! In a world that has many mixed messages to Be, Think and Look like someone else there is no doubt why many children, women & men think so lowly of...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Jan 6, 2019 | Tennis Talk
Tennis is an individual sport, but there is no denying the importance of teamwork within the inner-workings of both coaching and preparing an athlete to succeed on and off the court. According to USPTA Hall of Fame coach Anni Miller, teamwork is the essence of success...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Jan 6, 2019 | Tennis Talk
We all know the old adage that tennis is just as much of a mental game as a physical game. However, tennis is actually significantly more mental than physical – 84.2 percent mental to be exact, according to two time Olympic gold medalist and 17 time Grand Slam...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 30, 2018 | Tennis Talk
Reaching potential as a tennis player is not only about developing skills on the court. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a top-level tennis player who does not excel in other areas of athleticism. Howard Green, Head of Strength and Conditioning at USN Bolton...
