Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2008 No Comments »
COACH DIXON’S INSIGHTS:
One problem we face as college and university tennis coaches is that we have to retrain kids coming out of high school about what constitutes tennis fitness. When I coached the men’s team here at the University of Massachusetts, the guys used to want to beef up so that their upper bodies were […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I was asked to write a series of articles for
www.CollegeAndJuniorTennis.com, exploring the difficulties young high school tennis players encounter
when transitioning to college and university level competition. Obviously, I was to delve into this topic from a strength, conditioning and fitness perspective.
In the beginning my career I worked at the University of Kentucky for twenty-seven years as […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Here you can find updates on Pat’s past and current players and how they’ve been doing at the Australian Open this year. Check back daily for updates!
First Round:
Justine Henin defeated Japan’s Aiko Nakamura 6-2, 6-2.
Jelena Jankovic had a tight match, but defeated Tamira Paszek 2-6, 6-2, 12-10.
Victoria Azarenka defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6-2, 7-5.
Raluca Olaru fell […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Pat and Jelena Jankovic have started training together for 2008. Jankovic is currently ranked #3 in the WTA rankings, winning 4 WTA tournaments in 2007. She also paired up with Jamie Murray to win the 2007 Mixed Doubles Championship at Wimbledon.
Good luck to Jelena and all of Pat’s other players for the new year!