#96: Luke Passman – “How to safely increase the number of serves”

Hi guys, In this episode you are going to listen to Luke Passman. Luke worked 6 years at the Soto Tennis Academy as the Head of Sport Science Support and have for the past 2 years been the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at The New York Mets. You’ll get to know: The Google Earth Analogy Why and how to quantify Tennis drills What Tennis can learn from Baseball Enjoy the show! Timestamps 01:30 How to safely progress serve count in tennis 08:00 Using the Google earth analogy to help tennis players 11:00 Why there is a need to quantify tennis drills 15:30 How to balance intensity, repetitions and volume in tennis practices 18:00 How to plan a tennis player’s weekly practices from a physical point of view 20:10 How tennis coaches can approach S&C coaches to plan a tennis player’s schedule 24:00 What tennis can learn from baseball 27:10 What Luke would change where he to go back to Tennis S&C 29:30 Why you need to build strong relationships as an S&C Coach 30:45 Problem solving coaching and how to get organizations to change 31:30 Why technology needs to be on tap not on top 332:40 The biggest myth is that tennis players can’t lift weights 34:50 How different approaches work in different cultures 36:00 Favorite Books: “The Chimp Paradox” and “Conscious Coaching” 37:00 Luke Passman’s advice to tennis players, parents and coaches 38:00 How to stay updated on Luke Passman