Which athletic conditioning program for tennis?

As a university employee, I get discounts on some programs that we run with our affiliates. Recently I learned that we have 'Performance Enhancement' programs through the sports clinic and a few of them sound interesting. I was planning on finding a sprint coach and someone to get me started on olympic lifts but I figured I may or may not give these a try first. My question is, which sound the most beneficial for tennis? Obviously it depends on what my weaknesses are, but honestly I don't think I have any glaring ones when it comes to tennis but I want to amp up my overall physical condition for the coming season. Any opinions either way on any of these?

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Are you only allowed to do one?

If so, do the sport specific one for tennis of course!

If they allow to do more do all of them except the ACL risk reduction (unless that is an issue for you).
 
I can do up to two I believe. And I was looking at the tennis-specific one but it's not really a tennis-specific facility, if you understand my drift. I'm wary about taking stroke advice from someone who isn't a coach and usually does footballs and volleyball if you know what I'm saying.
 
Are you only allowed to do one?

If so, do the sport specific one for tennis of course!

If they allow to do more do all of them except the ACL risk reduction (unless that is an issue for you).

Well is she is a she then of course it would be an issue for her.....thats why such programs have been developed. Many female athletes have ACL issues.
 
I can do up to two I believe. And I was looking at the tennis-specific one but it's not really a tennis-specific facility, if you understand my drift. I'm wary about taking stroke advice from someone who isn't a coach and usually does footballs and volleyball if you know what I'm saying.

I would do the resistance cord program and the ACL injury prevention program (assuming from your screen name you are female) and stick with a true tennis pro regarding strokes. I think you would be better off with an agility program specific for tennis than the running program. Using treadmills sounds like they will work straight ahead speed and not change of direction.
 
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I would do the resistance cord program and the ACL injury prevention program (assuming from your screen name you are female) and stick with a true tennis pro regarding strokes. I think you would be better off with an agility program specific for tennis than the running program. Using treadmills sounds like they will work straight ahead speed and not change of direction.
I would have to agree with this^^^,...being a female...(no sexism intended,...just the facts).....ACL injury prevention could be critical. Damage to the ACL can end or terribly hinder your tennis,...and women are much more prone to do damage to the ACL. After that ,....sport specific or cardio related work would be important.
 
So the consensus seems to be the ACL-specific one. I don't know if injury prevention has been my focus at all but it would suck to be sidelined with a torn this or a twisted that so I can see the benefits.

I think you would be better off with an agility program specific for tennis than the running program. Using treadmills sounds like they will work straight ahead speed and not change of direction.
Very valid point but I don't know where I'd find a coach to work on other sprint work that may be more applicable to tennis and I haven't found any real resources for making my own program. Maybe I'll ask the varsity tennis coach when I get back, come to think of it. Thank you for your input!
 
For what it's worth, that ACL injury prevention seems too narrow for a tennis player.

While ACL injury can be a concern, tennis players are all too prone to upper extremity overuse injuries of the shoulder, elbow and wrist.

That tennis specific training should include injury prevention for both the legs and the upper extremities.

You may want to check out this site for what comprehensive tennis training should incorporate: http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/tennis-training.html

The thrower's ten series of exercises is a more complete set to help prevent upper extremity problems: http://www.asmi.org/SportsMed/throwing/thrower10.PDF

I would specifically ask if there is a high priority in the tennis specific program to prevention of injury. (I would be surprised if there wasn't.)
 
For what it's worth, that ACL injury prevention seems too narrow for a tennis player.

Not for female athletes, especially basketball players. Their lower center of gravity puts them at more risk, especially in sports where there is a lot of sharp direction changes.

Getting the Resistance cords is a good idea. Besides the uses stated above, you can find prevention exercises for tennis elbow and rotator cuff using resistance cords.
 
Among the specific subset of recreational level female tennis players, I don't know any that actually have torn an ACL. Obviously it happens, but the only ones I have seen have been in high level female players usually in college or high school. There seem to be tons of elbow/wrist/ankle injuries much more than the ACL tears I have seen among club level female tennis players. Maybe other people's experiences are different.
 
As a university employee, I get discounts on some programs that we run with our affiliates. Recently I learned that we have 'Performance Enhancement' programs through the sports clinic and a few of them sound interesting. I was planning on finding a sprint coach and someone to get me started on olympic lifts but I figured I may or may not give these a try first. My question is, which sound the most beneficial for tennis? Obviously it depends on what my weaknesses are, but honestly I don't think I have any glaring ones when it comes to tennis but I want to amp up my overall physical condition for the coming season. Any opinions either way on any of these?

I would do jump training and running. I often see the better player loosing to the player who is more fit.
If you run out of gas you are done.
 
I would do jump training and running. I often see the better player loosing to the player who is more fit.
If you run out of gas you are done.

+1

Explosive leaping ability and speed/agility seem to be helping a lot of pro players I observe
 
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