Being faster on the court is a combination of reaction speed, explosive power, and smart footwork. In this demo, we’ll guide you how to improve your on-court speed by focusing on explosive movement, agility, and efficient footwork through simple, effective drills tied to the TennisGate’s training system.
For this demo, we will assume that you already completed a proper warm up. Now we are ready to work on speed.
Since, speed starts with mental processing. we’ll select a drill from the Preparation to Play category to sharpen your mental speed and reaction time.
For this example, we’ll choose the drill “Thinking and Acting Through Colors.” This exercise is designed to activate brain processes, enhance mental agility, and improve decision-making speed.
Now, let’s shift our focus to explosive changes of direction. Navigate to the “Functional Fitness” category and adjust the filters as follows:
For this session, we’ll select the drill “Quick Changes of Direction in a Small Area” to enhance agility and rapid movement.
Remember to save it to your collection. Click on “Add to Collection,” select “Add to Existing,” and choose your previously created collection.
Being able to move quickly is an important skill, but it is only one side of the coin when it comes to being faster on the court.
Another important building block is being able to move effectively and taking the right steps at the right time.
In the beginning, playing level wasn’t a factor since any player can improve their speed, regardless of their skill level. However, now it’s time to consider your playing level.
Let’s assume you’re at Level 3, where you are starting to work on more advance skills, (remember TennisGate’s 4-Level System? 😉).
Here’s what we’ll do:
Depending on how long your session lasts, you can of course select further drills according to this scheme and add them to your collection.
