#98: Howard Green – Stand out, but don’t burn out

The Adam Blicher Show: Dissecting High Performance In Tennis

Hi guys, In this episode you are going to listen to Howard Green. Howard spent six years in the Royal Marines Commandos. Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan he has extensive experience in preparing ITF, ATP and WTA players and Currently Howard is the Head of Strength and Conditioning at USN Bolton Arena High Performance Tennis Academy which he has been for ten+ years.

You’ll get to know:

• Non-ego-confidence
• Setting up physical fundamentals for tennis players
• What tennis players can learn from the Marines

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps

01:30 Rehersal
03:40 Mnemonics
07:40 Non-ego confidence
11:10 Why the Super Movers programme
15:20 Providing tennis players with the best possible fundamentals
22:00 What the Super Movers programme is all about
28:30 The key shapes
32:00 Determining the load of tennis drills
36:00 S&C on the professional Tennis Circuit
40:00 Speed up learning by sharing on social
42:00 Don’t be afraid to copy experienced coaches
43:30 The application of bungees in tennis
46:00 Don’t take away the tennis player’s opportunity to learn
47:30 You have to do extra