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In the below short video clip, Dr. Don Chu provides a simple coaches evaluation to determine if a tennis athlete has a discrepancy in strength and power between his/her left or right leg. This is an important evaluation for any coach, parent or trainer to perform and requires no equipment and very little experience to observe a difference in height between the legs. Dr. Don Chu is a true pioneer in the field of strength & conditioning and performance rehabilitation.
He is not only a world-renowned strength and conditioning specialist, but he also is a physical therapist and athletic trainer. His experience has included working with a number of professional teams and athletes in a multitude of sports. He is a former President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is an iTPA Certification Commissioner. He is probably most well know for his work in bringing Plyometric training to sports performance in the United States. His book Jumping into Plyometrics is one of the most read books in the field of sports performance. In addition to his work with thousands of elite athletes in many sports he has worked with elite tennis athletes for a number of decades including multiple world top 10 players and collegiate All-Americans. He currently trains and rehabilitates athletes at his facility in Northern California (Athercare Fitness and Rehabilitation) and can be reached at his facility website www.athercare.com.
The iTPA and Dr. Chu are currently developing a plyometrics for tennis continuing education course that will be available around the 2012 US Open.
He is not only a world-renowned strength and conditioning specialist, but he also is a physical therapist and athletic trainer. His experience has included working with a number of professional teams and athletes in a multitude of sports. He is a former President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is an iTPA Certification Commissioner. He is probably most well know for his work in bringing Plyometric training to sports performance in the United States. His book Jumping into Plyometrics is one of the most read books in the field of sports performance. In addition to his work with thousands of elite athletes in many sports he has worked with elite tennis athletes for a number of decades including multiple world top 10 players and collegiate All-Americans. He currently trains and rehabilitates athletes at his facility in Northern California (Athercare Fitness and Rehabilitation) and can be reached at his facility website www.athercare.com.
The iTPA and Dr. Chu are currently developing a plyometrics for tennis continuing education course that will be available around the 2012 US Open.
With all respect to Dr Cho, his well trained eye and vast experience might be pretty spot on, but for trainers and coaches using this method - it's a guess.
Visual observation is not an accurate enough parameter to determine differences, even to the experienced fitness specialist or coach. In my opinion, we should be measuring, instead of evaluating.
- Allistair McCaw
McCaw Method Sports Performance
In a perfect world everyone would work with highly qualified people, using good equipment - unfortunately most tennis players around the world do not have the resources to work with these individuals (due to cost, location etc).