SPORT981 - Physical Conditioning
The total physical development of our full-time athletes is managed, delivered, and monitored by Sport981. Sport981 offer world class sports performance, conditioning, education and consultancy services. Since it’s inception in 2004, the Sport981 team have worked with numerous top professional sports clubs, coaches and athletes within the UK and abroad, in addition to producing some of the UK’s most promising future sporting prospects.
“Injury prevention framework is comprehensive and well structured”
LTA High Performance Centre Assessment
At Sport981...
...we use the latest functional assessment screens pioneered by the worlds leading researchers in functional sports training.
...our training techniques have been used to train thousands of elite and professional athletes, ranging from junior champions through to FA cup winners and world title holders.
...we use the most advanced video technology available, allied with coaches who are experienced and knowledgeable in your specific sport and age requirements.
The Sport981 tennis-specific academy service and methodology is specifically designed to develop key functional and age appropriate physical characteristics that aspiring tennis athletes require to become world beaters.
Physical development programmes start from as young as six in the ‘fundamental’ stage of athlete development where the ABC’s of athleticism are developed and progresses through to the ‘training to win’ stage where training is highly tennis and game type specific. Along the way a range of services are used and tailored to meet the unique challenges that face adolescents in sport and the technical demands unique to the game. Some examples that are currently employed are;
• Age specific functional, and sport and age appropriate performance tests to best gauge potential technical and physical limitations that currently exist and to allow for optimal routines to be put into place (3x per year)
• Daily discussions between physical and technical coaches to ensure technical developments are run along side functional and performance adaptations
• Peak Height Velocity monitoring (growth and rate of growth change) and ongoing modification of programme loads and intensity to off set any potential training induced injury risk associated with sudden growth spurts
• Ongoing education with the players as part of their long term athletic development so that they may learn how to train and look after themselves when they are playing away from the centre, as a professional, or as part of a long term commitment to a healthy life
• Daily self monitoring of recovery parameters to gauge cumulative stress and its impacts
• The use of recovery and regeneration strategies to aid player progress and development and off set training induced injury
Sport981 and the Tennis Midlands coaching team work very closely together to optimise each players long-term athletic and technical development. We have regular INSET sessions with a focus on coordinating effective coaching methods to ensure that optimum performance is achieved both on and off the court. For more information on Sport981 and their services please visit www.sport981.com.
