Andy Roddick hit the track to revitalise tennis career

Charlie_Francis · August 18, 2009, 4:28pm

Total agree with you all about linear speed and tennis, and all the talk about only doing “sport specific” and "functional training” for tennis is complete BS!
I’ve been using a modified short to long CFTS model within a modified Hi/Low template as described in James Smith book with great results. I’m starting my 2nd year working for a mid-major school and we were predicted to finish last in our conference last season. We finished tied for 2nd, and one player who played no higher than the number 5 for the last 2 years finial moved up to the 2nd spot, made 3rd team all-conference and finished tied for 1st on the team with 12 wins!
With regards to “sport specific (agility/quickness)” and "functional training”, I was doing 2-days of linear work, with 1 day of COD (change of direction) work. It wasn’t until about 4 week out from the start of season I flipped to a 1 day linear, and two days of COD work and saw great results in the transfer. The first two weeks were programmed COD, cone drills, line drills, etc, and the last weeks were more “sport specific” reaction type drills, while mimicking rally times and rest periods between points and sets. I was wondering if there was more effective way to implement the CFTS program with tennis?

Entirely depends on how much tennis you are playing. For top players who go to tournament after tournament, there is no need for COD work at all because that’s covered by their work on the court.