Tennis Speed Show

The Tennis Speed Show is dedicated to bringing the world's best tennis performance experts together in one place. Lee Taft, known to many as "The Speed Guy", interviews coaches on specific techniques, methods, and strategies to improve the speed of tennis athletes. If you want to know more about footwork, speed, training, health, strength, the importance of speed to make better shots, and so much more, then this is the show you won't want to miss! For even more knowledge on Tennis Speed, go now to www.CTSS.co

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Episodes

Episode 9: Extraordinary Perspective of Training Tennis Athletes (With Dean Hollingworth)

Dean Hollingworth is a pro's pro! He has an extraordinary perspective on how if the overall athlete is improved, then the tennis movement will take care of itself. He shares great points on why and how he approaches his warmup, the importance of mobility when recovering from deep corners, how sprinting helps overall movement, and why tennis is great for longevity in adults!

Sep 04, 2020•42 min

Lesson # 3: The Hip Turn Escape (With Lee Taft)

Allow me to teach you why the Hip Turn is one of the most important footwork skills a tennis player can develop. The Hip Turn teaches the player to escape space and attack new space. This is critical in so many areas on the court. Listen to the detailed breakdown!

Sep 02, 2020•7 min

Episode 8: Changing Lives and How Tennis is Being Played (With Gerald Matthews)

This coach gets it! Gerald Matthews is a state champion high school coach and owner of TeamG Tennis. He is changing lives and how tennis is being played. Gerald wants his players to be athletes first and tennis players second. His huge record of player improvement is proving his methods are working.

Aug 31, 2020•38 min

Episode 7: Back-to-the-Basics with Overall Fitness and Movement (With Nathan Martin)

Nathan Martin shares first-hand detailed information on what it is like to work with top tennis players and even new players just getting started in the game. He emphasizes the importance of overall fitness and general movement quality before specifics.

Aug 28, 2020•43 min

Lesson #2: Importance of Sprinting for Court Movement (With Lee Taft)

In today's lesson let's discuss the importance of sprinting and why tennis player's court movement become better because of it. Be sure you listen in on this short, but important lesson!

Aug 26, 2020•6 min

Episode 6: Explore Vision Training, Multi-Sport Athletes, and So Much More! (With Johnny Parkes)

What an amazing show with tennis and performance coach Johnny Parkes. It is jammed-pack with so many "knowledge bombs" you are going to want to listen to over and over! He shares his experience with multi-sport athletes, vision training, how weaker athletes compensate in difficult positions on the court, and so much more!

Aug 24, 2020•41 min

Episode 5: Essential Information for Training Your Tennis Athletes (With Justin Russ)

What a great show! Coach Justin Russ shares a ton of golden information about how he approaches change of direction and how he looks at the players weight shift. Justin dives into why aerobic capacity is important to maintain speed at the end of matches, and how strength training is a crucial part of speed for his players and how to use it as an assessment.

Aug 21, 2020•37 min

Lesson #1: Lateral Run & True Biomechanics Related to Gait (With Lee Taft)

Let's start off the Tennis Speed Show Lesson Series with the Lateral Run and the true biomechanics of it as it relates to gait. It is very important for coaches to understand this skill and know all the ins and outs of it. Also, discover the 411 on the new Certified Tennis Speed Specialist course and the Tennis Movement Assessment TMA! You can find out all the details by visiting, CTSS.co .

Aug 19, 2020•10 min

Episode 4: Real "In-The-Trenches" Coaching Experience (With Dominic King)

I love talking to experienced coaches who have been in the tennis performance trenches for a long time. Coach King is one of those coaches. He shares his thoughts on assessments, how to look at the recovery step based on the shot, the role of strength training in developing faster players, and so much more! Coach Dominic King shared pure wisdom on the Tennis Speed Show!

Aug 17, 2020•34 min

Episode 3: Tips on How to Train Young Tennis Athletes (With Stefanie Carpentier)

There is no shortage of young talented tennis performance coaches in the world. Stefanie Carpentier from Gent, Belgium is a perfect example of a performance tennis coach who is changing how training should be done. Listen as Stefanie shares how she makes her young tennis player faster, stronger, and have fun while training. This is awesome information!

Aug 13, 2020•25 min

Episode 2: Raw Tennis Performance (With Richard Woodroof)

It was a pleasure to have a long time tennis performance coach and owner of Raw Tennis Performance, Richard Woodroof, on the Tennis Speed Show. Richard shares an awesome insight as to what he looks for when assessing his players movements, how he programs resistance speed work, and so many other golden nuggets. This is a must listen!

Aug 06, 2020•40 min

Episode 1: Kick Off the Show (With Andrew Gregory)

What a great way to kick off the Tennis Speed Show with one of my favorite coaches. Andrew Gregory serves two roles at DePauw University. He is both the tennis coach and strength and conditioning coach. Listen in as Coach Gregory shares his philosophy and methods of integrating and breaking down speed for his players.

Jul 28, 2020•27 min

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