Olympic Weightlifting for Tennis Course

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Olympic lifting for tennis is a hotly debated topic. It can be an important component to an athlete's training program, but needs to be performed correctly. This course, presented by iTPA Certification Commissioner and Olympic Weightlifting Coach Rich Lansky, is geared toward strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers and athletic trainers working with tennis athletes.

This educational course involves over three hours of practical video instruction showing detailed Olympic lifting exercises and progressions with real athletes; also included is a workbook PDF on a separate disc that includes detailed written coaching descriptions of the major lifts. You can purchase this course one of 2 ways: Either as the mailed DVD for $69, or as a never-expiring subscription to the online video library of the same clips for $59. The Workbook will be emailed to you as a pdf.

At the end of the workbook is a Quiz designed for the course, and this can be used toward iTPA continuing professional education (CPE) credits as well as credits for other strength and conditioning, sports performance, athletic training, physical therapy and fitness organizations. Counts as 50 iTPA Continuing Professional Education credits.

3 Hours of Practical Video
Instruction

Worth 50 iTPA Continuing Professional
Education Credits
Many coaches and trainers have concerns about the Olympic lifts for a number of reasons. The typical concerns are the perceived injury risks. However, it is clear from the research that when performed correctly, under appropriate supervision, weightlifting movements are a very low risk activity and do not provide a greater risk of injury to the athlete than playing tennis. The problem is many times tennis athletes do not perform these movements correctly due to poor technique, flexibility deficits, coordination issues or just inappropriate resistance. This problem comes back to poorly trained coaches, using inappropriate resistance (usually inappropriately heavy) and progressing athletes too quickly before they have the flexibility and stability to achieve optimum positions during the movements. The goal of this educational course is to help coaches and trainers who work with tennis players implement the correct movements and also understand when certain movements may not be appropriate for certain tennis athletes. As the goal of the Olympic lifting movements is to improve power production on the tennis court, it is clear that if the athlete is not moving the bar at maximum velocity, then the goal of the exercises is not accomplished — that is developing explosive triple extension power. Some movements in the Olympic lifting family are better suited to tennis players, whereas other exercises are less appropriate for some tennis players. This course provides coaching cues throughout the video examples and teaching progressions about common flaws and methods to correct these flaws in technique.

DVDs Table of Contents



  • Introduction to Olympic Lifting Movements
  • Appropriate Equipment: bars, weights, platforms straps, tape, collars, blocks
  • Basic Assessments for the Tennis Athlete to Determine the Readiness for Different Levels of Olympic Movements (Power, Flexibility, Strength)

Power Assessments
  • Vertical Jump (Power), CMJ (Counter Movement Jump) & Single Leg  
  • Drop Jump
  • Standing Long Jump 
  • Reactive Jumps (Power)
  • Three Hop Test 
  • Other Power Tests
  • BLOB & Overhead Toss

Flexibility Assessments
  • Overhead Squat 
  • Ankle/Calf Flexibility Test 
  • Hamstring Flexibility (Straight Leg Raise) 
  • Shoulder Range of Motion Test 
  • Upright Row  
  • Wrist Flexibility

Strength Assessments
  • Supine Glute Bridge 
  • Static Core Assessment 
  • Planks: Traditional and Side 

Warm Up Exercises
  • Stick Mobility Series
  • Hurdle Mobility  
  • Rotational Squat to Press with Stick 
  • Gate Swings & Snatch Balance 
  • Lunge & Reach Progression  
  • Split Jerk Footwork with Quick Split  

Introductory Lifts for Olympic Movements
  • Back Squat and Common Flaws  
  • Front Squat and Common Flaws
  • Overhead Squat and Common Flaws
  • Jump Shrug or Power Pull
  • High Pull
  • Squat to Press Combo 
  • Split Squat to Press  

Snatch
  • Power Snatch Introduction & Teaching Progression

1.       Power Snatch from Mid Thigh
2.       Power Snatch Above the Knee  
3.       Power Snatch Below the Knee  
4.       Power Snatch - Lift Off
5.       Power Snatch From the Floor
6.       Power Snatch + Overhead Squat 
7.       Full Snatch Progression 
  • Dumbbell Snatch & Discussion 
  • Power Snatch, Power Dumbbell Snatch and Common Flaws 

Cleans
  • Power Clean Introduction   

1.       Power Clean Mid Thigh
2.       Power Clean Above the Knee  
3.       Power Clean Below the Knee 
4.       Power Clean - Lift Off 
5.       Power Clean From the Floor
6.       Power Clean + Front Squat
7.       Full Clean Progression
  • Cleans: Common Flaws  
  • Dumbbell Power Clean & Discussion  

DISC 2

Overhead Lifts
  • Pressing Movements
  • Push Press
  • Power Jerk  
  • Base Strengthening Exercises  
  • Dumbbell Overhead Lift

Auxiliary Lifts
  • Pulls  

Use of Blocks 

Rich Lansky Interview  (30 Minutes)

    Topics:
  •       Introduction
  •       Why Should Tennis Athletes Utilize the Olympic Lifts?
  •       How Young Can an Athlete Be to Start Learning Olympic Lifts?
  •       How Much Strength Should a Tennis Player Have in Relation to
          Much He or She Cleans
  •       When is the Best Time in a Training Cycle to Implement Olympic Lifts?
  •       What About the Risk of Injury?
  •       College Tennis Athletes Who Have Never Done Olympic Lifting Before


Course Highlight Video


Sample Clip:  Lift Off


Sample Clip: Flexibility Assessment - Ankle Test

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