Bigger Better Tennis - Paul Dale

Of all the tennis topics, the topic of tennis fitness has changed the most. Alternative fades come in, and are soon replaced by another different fitness idea that comes along. It's enormously confusing for us coaches and players to get a solid idea of what exactly we should be doing with regard to tennis fitness. What does seem to have gotten better however is that we now realize that tennis fitness should be related closely to what happens on the court in matches.  Often in the past, any tennis fitness done on-court was almost completely different from what was needed on-court in real matches.  PERIODIZATION Don't be scared by the long serious term Periodization. Here is what it means to us as tennis Coaches and Players. Periodization is a term to describe what we should do several weeks (sometimes months) out from an important tennis event that we want to peak for. By using periodization a player can build their game and their fitness so that on the day of the event they are