by Body Chek | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Like most tennis lovers, it was sad for me to see a great champion test positive to a banned substance. I’m not going to get into the conversation as to whether she was or was not knowingly cheating the system, that’s not for me to say. However, there are...
by Body Chek | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Last Thursday, I held my first ever workshop for tennis coaches at Batchwood Sport Centre in St. Albans, Herts. I developed the half-day workshop to show tennis coaches how to effectively and safely warm-up their players before training or a match to increase their...
by Body Chek | Dec 20, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Last week I was fortunate enough to be asked to present at The British Tennis Coaches Association Conference in Northampton. At the conference I delivered two presentations and an on-court workshop. My presentations were aimed at educating tennis coaches not just to...
by Body Chek | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Last week I was in Copenhagen to teach CHEK Exercise Coach. It was a much smaller class than usual and unfortunately we lost a student due to an unforeseen circumstance after day three. It was really nice being able to give so much attention to each student and they...
by Body Chek | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
The weekend just gone marked a significant milestone in my career. After four years of very hard work, we (The CHEK Institute & I), finally got The CHEK Tennis Conditioning Series Level 1 course delivered in our first ever class. We had students from all over...
by Body Chek | Jun 27, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Two years ago, I severely ruptured two discs in my lower back (see my MRI scans below), leaving me in pain, unable to sit, walk without a severe limp, get in a car, put my own socks on and definitely couldn’t workout or play sport. I also suffered from numbness...
