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Coaching Tennis: The Effects of Nutrition and Hydration on Performance
Mark Kovacs
Health in Tennis: Nutrition - What can your tennis players eat before, during, and after practice or a match? Keep it simple and small. Coach goes over nutritional content, quantity, and timing for young tennis players and how it all impacts performance.
Health in Tennis: Hydration - Tennis players can potentially lose 4 to 6 pounds an hour by sweating. If that fluid isn't replaced, it can be critical to the health of the athlete. From heat illness to cramps, improper hydration can cost your athletes much more than the match. This video discusses fluid intake, both volume and content, as well as, cramp prevention and treatment. A "Must Watch" for coaches.
Health in Tennis: Stretching - You've gotten your athletes to eat properly and stay hydrated. But, there's something else that coaches can pro-actively do to help prevent injury: Stretching. The goal of pre-practice stretching is continuous movement. Here are some stretching exercises tennis players can do individually or as a team - as long as they keep moving!