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Barcelona, the perfect city to be a champion
This is the question that all professionals in the performance’s world ask themselves and try to answer. In Pam Shot, tennis academy in Barcelona, we rely in basic pillars such as perseverance, interdisciplinary work, positive attitude, individualized training and a realistic program based on previously agreed objectives.
The search of a successful training means to us a continuous formation and experimentation of the new trends in the tennis world. This means that during the time that you spend at out tennis academy, we will offer specific trainings to the demands that you have or the deficits we could find, both at technical and tactical or mental or physical level.
For a tennis player to perform at their best, we must take into consideration a number of parameters and know what the dynamics of the sports are. In tennis, the majority of the shares are relatively short – currently the average duration of the points is less than 10 seconds – being different depending on the surface of the court. The rest time between points, games and sets is set by regulation (25 sec between points and 90 sec for field changes), this determines that the effective playing time in a tennis match is reduced (>30%) and the ratio between playing and resting time is clearly favorable to rest.
Also, we should keep in mind that the duration of a tennis match can range from 1 to 5 hours and although the anaerobic lactic pathway has a significant role in the energy supply, the re-synthesis of ATP and phosphocreatine in trained players is mainly done by aerobic mechanisms. Consequently, we may think that the ATP and phospocreatine re-synthesis is performed without resorting to the lactic anaerobic pathway.
In this line and making mention of the concentration of lactate in the blood during a match, it has been found low concentrations of lactate during tennis matches: 1,24± 0, 37mmol/L¯¹ Ferrauti in al. (2001) and 2,3± 1, 2mmol/L¯¹Bergeron in al. (1991). This indicates a poor involvement of the glycolytic metabolism and that the fatigue in this sport is not induced essentially for the concentration of lactate.
Taking all this into account, the training of the resistance will be focused from an intervallic work that, depending on the phase that we are on, it will have greater or lesser degree of specificity.
Regarding the strength training is necessary to know the speed and power of the upper limbs for the implementation of the various beatings, and legs speed will depend on the explosive force (RFD) and its ability to resist (resistance to RFD) for as long as required in the match. To monitor these manifestations of force, and achieve optimal training, we use speed and power meters and jumping ability meters.
Finally note that, to avoid typical tennis injuries (spondylolysis, spondylolistheses, impingement syndrome, tennis elbow, etc) we will focus on the proper biomechanics of the tennis player. We will ensure optimal communication afferent-efferent of the CNS muscles and, that way, achieve an appropriate range of motion in order to have the most stable joints possible.
In short, a successful training for players must be complete and meet certain specific needs for each player. In Pam Shot, tennis academy in Barcelona, we create training programs for each player, given their strengths and weaknesses. Find out about our programs and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any doubt; we will be here to answer any questions.
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