How To Plan For The Perfect Tennis Tournament And Tennis Match – Part 2

So, we had our plan in place (details HERE) and Carol was ready for action.

This is how we put it together.

In terms of fitness, I asked & got Carol to agree to 3 tennis fitness sessions per week which were not all in the gym (more about that later).

I only attended the sessions at the beginning of each phase to make sure things were on track and make any necessary adjustments by the way!!

We did 1 tennis coaching session per week which I decided to make very drill based with lots of tennis balls, feeding & hitting and not too much tennis technique work.

This is very much “The Spanish Way” of coaching which has proved very successful for them but also the fact that Carol was a seasoned player meant that whatever technique she had was pretty “grooved” and it would have been difficult to make any “positive” changes in the time we had.

This method of coaching is also great for fitness (a big weakness) and is one of the main reasons I went for it (despite the fact that I knew she would have to take many regular breaks in the early sessions.

By week 3, the combination of drills and fitness work meant that Carol was working hard right through these sessions with greater levels of concentration and that meant better play.

In terms of her coaching we looked at hitting deeper with more topsin (to keep her opponent driven back), along with drop shots, angled slices, approaches and chip & charges.

This was on the assumption that she may have to negotiate 1 or 2 of the young aggressive baseliners who would present a real problem if allowed to step in and “crunch” the ball but didn’t like coming forwards never mind going to the tennis net.

The Results

So far so good, she has had one bye and two straight set victories.

She is moving and hitting really well.

The final (if she get’s there) is next Sunday and now the players get tougher!!

I will let you know how she gets on as well as giving you more info about the tennis training program I put together for her.

Again, let me know below if you have ever tried to do something like this with a plan – and how you got on (even if it was a complete disaster)!!