Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips [Paperback]

Carl Petersen (Author), Nina Nittinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

This physical and mental training manual arms athletes, coaches, parents, and sports scientists with an easy-to-follow, seven-point plan to enhance performance, limit injuries, and help tennis players avoid overtraining and burnout. Delivering practical tips and techniques that integrate the numerous factors influencing tennis performances into year-round training plans and schedules, the manual outlines key strategies such as structured on-court training, guidance on smart training and playing, and survival tips for staying healthy and keeping athletes playing at the top of their game.

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About the Author

Carl Petersen is a physiotherapist and fitness coach for players ranging from club-level to ATP-, ITF-, and WTA-ranked pros. He is a former director of sport medicine and science for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and traveled on the World Cup circuit from 1984 to 2003 as a physiotherapist and fitness coach. He is a partner and director of high performance training at City Sports and Physiotherapy Clinics in Vancouver, Canada. Nina Nittinger is a former professional tennis player, a certified tennis coach for the German and Swiss Tennis Federation, and a mental trainer for professional athletes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Usrsa; 2nd edition (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972275959
• ISBN-13: 978-0972275958
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Tennis

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for tennis players!, November 12, 2006

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Xiao Li "Tennis Daddy" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips (Paperback)

This is an extremely helpful book that has tips ranging from on court training to injury prevention.

My daughter is a junior tournamnet tennis player and she plays a lot of tennis. When she visited Canada, she injured her lower back/hip. After she went to several doctors, we finally found Carl to help her recover from her injury. It turned out to be a malaligned hip problem, which he has written a whole chapter about in this book. Under Carl's treatment, my daughter recovered in 4 weeks. About ten months later, my daughter felt pain in her lower back/hip again, we realized that it may be hip malalignment again, so we followed the correction exercise in this book and she recovered in two weeks.

In this book, there is a chapter on how to strengthen one's core and how to connect one's lower extremeities with his/her upper extremeties through the core, which is really important in a sport like tennis because of all the constant rotations and movement on the court.

Aside from that, there are also great tips on injury prevention, nutrition, mental and tactical strategies, and recovering from an injury. So, as a tennis parent, I highly recommend this book to all tennis players.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for all tennis players at any level, December 8, 2007

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Suzanna McGee "TennisFitnessLove*com" (Venice, CA) - See all my reviews
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Fit to Play Tennis: High Performance Training Tips

In contrary to what some other review said, that this book is not for recreational tennis players, I believe that this book is just perfect for any level player. Many of the chapters about gym training, stretching and myofascial release keep the tennis players healthy and injury free. The more hours one spends on the court, the more one needs to do the off court training/rehabilitation. And especially a recreational player, because they generally don't have massage/physical therapists around them all the time. They have to do it on their own, and this book will teach you how.

Besides that, the book has chapters on nutrition, mental aspects of the game, planning in long term, etc. Great book!!! I have it in my bed and just randomly open it and just read a few pages again and again!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fit to Play Tennis, June 28, 2006

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nifty "nifty" (Europe) - See all my reviews

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This book is a must-have for every tennis player. It covers all relevant topics of and gives you dozens of easy-to-follow exercises on how to keep the body in tip-top condition.