High performance tennis at 40+
- Constantly research the mental, fitness, technical and tactical aspects
- Watch tennis all levels to identify players playing style and weaknesses to visualize how to defeat them
- Go last mile by dedicating half an hour to work the serve once a week
- Non-tennis days: Power walk, stationary bike, forearms, core, legs
- Listen to your body. If you are tired mentally or physically, just rest
Build your training
Always have a single objective per training in Apple Reminders:
- Group lesson: Use legs, breath out, ...
- Week-end serve sessions: Aim in a window above the net, scorpion kick, ...
Build your tennis player card
The following single page template in Apple Pages help to track my progress and player identity:
- Current-Year objective: X, Y, ...
- Hardware setup: Racket, string, overgrip, ...
- Training routine: X hours of group lesson tennis per week, bike, ...
- Main strengths: Identify one strength per Mental, Fitness, Shot Technique and Tactic category
- Weaknesses to improve: Identify one weakness per Mental, Fitness, Shot Technique and Tactic category
- Game intentions: Identify intention per situation like between points, when the ball is on opponent side, serve, return of serve, groundstrokes, when inside the court, at the net
- Adjustments based on the opponent playing style: Play more short cross, ...
- Plan B: Do X on clay, do Y on hard, do Z in windy condition
- Private lessons history: Date, location, pro name, what went ok, what can be improved