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Eye Training

Improve your Performance with Eye Training

  • Eye training can help you improve your ability to track the ball, which is a crucial element of the game.
  • In our body and brain section you will find several ideas on how to do this. Here is an example in the video.
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Joint Health

Improve the Function of your Joints

  • In order to move efficiently and stay injury free every joint has to work optimally.
  • The many exercises you will find in this section will help you to achieve just that. Here is a short example of our approach to improve joint mobility.
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Silvester Neidhardt

  • The guideline for tennis players, specially developed by Olympia Coach and functional training expert Silvester Neidhardt, offers a holistic approach.
  • Silvester tested hundreds of tennis players from 2020 to 2023 and identified weaknesses.
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Triggering the shoulder blade
If you're a tennis player, the infraspinatus muscle can get overworked or develop tight, painful spots...
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Balance exercise with rhythmic head movement
This exercise is designed to stimulate the balance system by rotating the head rhythmically to the left...
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Practicing balance with fixation of a stick
This exercise helps to improve balance and neural circuitry by practicing visual and motor skills co...
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Nerve gliding for shoulder and cervical spine
This exercise aims to optimize the neuromechanical function of the peripheral nerves in the upper extremities,...
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Triggering the front of the shoulder
Many tennis players and coaches suffer from tension or trigger points in the deltoid muscle, which can...
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Promote relaxation and regeneration of the lateral shoulder muscles
We trigger the deltoid muscle, which is like the shoulder's "power jacket." It wraps around the shoulder...
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Foot trigger with deep squat test
Here we combine triggering the sole of the foot with a before and after test for the ankle joint, the...
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Trigger the upper back
Here we treat the upper area of the trapezius muscle and promote good blood circulation through trigger...
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Trigger the area between the shoulder blades
The trapezius muscle is a muscle in your upper back that helps keep your shoulder blade stable. This...
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Trigger shoulder blades with hyperextension
The three sections of the trapezius muscle are responsible for stretching the head and upper back. A...
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Increasing flexibility by massaging the sole of the foot (Test)
Massaging the sole of the foot with a lacrosse ball can help to release tension in the entire back f...
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Triggering the Trapezius muscle with a Duo Ball
Release tension in the middle area between the shoulder blades
Tension in the trapezius muscle can cause pain in the head, shoulders and back. Trigger points can be...
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Treating the Trapezius Muscles with the Blackroll Ball
Treating the Trapezius Muscles with the Blackroll Ball
The fascia and muscles of tennis players tend to harden and stiffen and it is very important to help...
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Loosening the Calf Muscles with the Foam Roll
Loosening the Calf Muscles with the Foam Roll
The video focuses on the calf muscles. Sit and bend one leg placing its foot firmly on the ground.  ...
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Loosening the Hamstrings with the Foam Roller
Loosening the Hamstrings with the Foam Roller
The video focuses on the hamstrings muscles. Sit and bend one leg placing its foot firmly on the gro...
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Loosening the Adductors with the Foam Roller
Loosening the Adductors with the Foam Roller
Tennis is very demanding on the body and muscles tend to tighten up. The foam roller is an excellent...
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Loosening up the Thighs with a Foam Roller
Loosening up the Thighs with a Foam Roller
The video focuses on the thigh muscles. Lay on your side supporting your weight on your elbows.  One...
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Treating the Hip with a Lacrosse ball
Treating the Hip with a Lacrosse ball
Tennis is hard on the body, especially on the legs.  All the changes in direction can easily lead to...
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Loosening the Chest Muscles
Loosening the Chest Muscles
Place the ball on the floor and place your body on top of it so that the ball presses on your chest muscless....
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Working on the Shoulder with the Massage Stick
Working on the Shoulder with the Massage Stick
Tennis is very demanding on the body and muscles tend to tighten up. The massage is an excellent tool...
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Working on the Foot Sole with a Hard Ball
Working on the Foot Sole with a Hard Ball
Top Tip – Use every time before you step on the court. Tennis is very demanding on the body and muscles...
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Loosening the Glutes with the Foam Roller
Loosening the Glutes with the Foam Roller
Sit on the foam roller placing it under the glutes and start rolling.   Move your body so that you can...
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Loosening the Upper Back with the Foam Roller
Loosening the Upper Back with the Foam Roller
The player lies on his/her back with the knees bent and the feet on the ground placing the foam roller...
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Mobilizing the Spine with the Foam Roller
Mobilizing the Spine with the Foam Roller
The player lies on his/her back with the knees bent and the feet on the ground placing the foam roller...
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Silvester has been a permanent expert at TennisGate for functional training and testing since 2013.

  • PERSONAL TRAINING
  • His client portfolio includes Olympic ski champion Markus Wasmeier, world-ranked tennis players Rainer Schüttler and Stefan Koubek, world-class footballers Dante and Barbosa, world-class gymnast Lukas Dauser and many more.
  • He currently coaches not only professional athletes, but also junior and prospective athletes in the sports of skiing, tennis, soccer, golf, mountain biking, free diving, snowboarding, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, formation dance and handball
  • He educated over 1,000 coaches for the fitness chain MRS Sporty and in over 300 seminars and workshops for "PerformBetter", "Sportlerei" and "Inhouse", out training a further 10,000 coaches.
  • Silvester planned and structured the fitness and gymnastics area at Therme Geinberg, one of Austria's largest 4-star spa resorts with an area of 102,000 square meters.
  • SPEAKER
  • Silvester held presentations to a total of over 800 participants for the German Tennis Federation's A-coach training courses in Göttingen in 2017 and Berlin in 2019 and was a speaker at the DTB's athletics coach education program.
  • He has been a permanent speaker at the Badischer Tennisverband's advanced training courses since 2015.
  • He demonstrates his expertise not only as a personal coach and athletics trainer, but also as a lecturer (PT A-License, Mental Coaching, Functional Training A-License) and Functional Training Specialist.
  • SCREENING
  • In a unique series of tests for TennisGate, Silvester screened the functionality of over 100 top tennis players from all age groups, including professionals Dominik Koepfer, Sina Herrmann and Alex Vecic as well as many national squad athletes.
  • Silvester carried out a series of biofeedback tests with over 3,500 people, including medical and technical instruction and testing for teams, individual athletes and national teams.
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