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HYDRATION in Tennis. The importance of the PREMATCH hydration

August 18, 2019 play.smart.tennis

It may take a very small body water deficit (1-2% of body weight) to significantly reduce the physical and mental capacity of the tennis players. This small deficit will challenge a player’s on-court abilities and decrease a performance

Perceptual-Cognitive Development through Tennis practice

July 8, 2019 play.smart.tennis

At the highest level of the game of tennis due to the extreme time constraints, the players do not have time to think through the options and generate the potential moves but only one, the right one. The players are restricted to recognize only the relevant action information based on which they should adapt their option generation strategy so they could as fast as possible come up with the adequate reaction.

Strategic decision and stroke execution in tennis

June 21, 2019 play.smart.tennis

In the game of tennis the beginning of the stroke and the end of it are not that obvious, as many players are thinking only on about taking the racquet back and hitting the ball

PROACTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM and RPE in tennis

May 31, 2019 play.smart.tennis

Training intensity (quality) refers to the efficiency of an athlete’s efforts to respond to the training load, therefore athletes’ feedback of their reaction to the training load creates the most REALISTIC values of the intensity of the practice.

Pillar number three of PST methodology: Creating your own stable psychological game

February 23, 2019 play.smart.tennis

1. Face the fears 2. Win-win environment 3. Play in the moment 4. Playing without the errors 5. Playing safe vs playing your own game 6. Expectations and abilities

TENNIS is a MIND game. Number two pillar of the PST training concept: Mind and body connection, automaticity and attention

February 9, 2019 play.smart.tennis

Muscle memory does not exists, but what does exist is training (building stronger) the neural pathways from the mind to the muscles in order for the athlete to better recognize the situation (reading the cues and anticipation of the game) and create the adequate movement and stroke