Dr. Gary Polan, O.D. (DrGaryPolan.com) has been the local “go to” Developmental Optometrist for TennisDr students for many years. Whether you struggle with reading or seeing a 130 mph serve, ALL visual skills can be improved! Dr. Polan was one of Dr. Robert Klepper’s “Weekend Warrior” programs on ESPN Radio 710AM a few years ago. […]
Tennis, like most sports, is played from the ground up. Transmitting force, gracefully, and in balance is the key to accurate shot making results. In mechanical terms, “gracefully” means without discontinuities or what a coach would call “hitches” in the motion. Minimizing the motion’s unnecessary stops/starts is the major factor to its efficiency. Balance gives […]
Tennis stadiums around the world have built roofs to protect their tournaments from rain. That said, no roof was as ambitious as the above roof at the US Open!
It’s not often that doubles is featured in pro tennis. Fed Cup and BJK Cup are the exceptions. Serving/Receiving signals, enhanced “I” formation, and first strike tennis are only the take home lessons. The intangibles, the home crowd and the enthusiasm of the worlds singles stars who have to show their doubles prowess, are the […]
Physical prowess, agility, coordination, and strength have always been the main criteria in judging athletic ability. Most, if not all athletic training programs, have been designed with those criteria in mind, even though our body will only respond to what it can see. Despite this fact, little attention has been paid to vision, which is […]
1) Sport Psychology: The Zen of the Business Like Approach 2) Sport Psychology: The Schedule for Emotions 3) Racket Sports Biomechanics: Brain Function, Eye Skils, and Table Tennis 4) Choosing a Table Tennis Racket From Beginner to Tournament Player 5) Exercise For Your Heart: Determine Your Target Heart Rate (THR) Without Electronic Gadgets 6) […]
Part 1 (appeared in 2014 Sept/Oct edition of TennisIndustry magazine) For over 50 years, most tennis courts around the world have been lit with Metal Halide (MH) fixtures, yet few who use them understand their unique qualities. They SEEM to last endlessly, but that’s far from the truth. More importantly, the long reign of MH […]
Part 1 One day all elite athletes will have their Dynamic Visual Acuity checked and improved. Until that day, all I can do is present evidence of how important it is and how limited the human eye is in the hyper fast, hyper difficult world of tennis. Part 1 is an astute investigation of the […]