Here at the Anguilla Tennis Academy, we have implemented a Strength and Conditioning program into the overall program for the Advanced Group of Players and Coaches. This program will focus on the physical preparation of our athletes for peak sports performance. Besides practicing on tennis skills, a strength and conditioning program is the most important element of training for any athlete to excel to the next level. The student athletes and coaches have each been through a specialized exercise program, which will enhance their ability in each of the following areas
· Develop Core Stability
· Increase Speed
· Increase Agility
· Increase Muscular Strength, Endurance and Power
· Decrease the Risk of Injury
·
Increase Balance and Stability
On a different note, this program will promote
healthy habits that will follow them for a lifetime. As we all know, obesity is a growing epidemic
in today’s society. The coaches and
student athletes will learn valuable techniques about strength training and
cardiorespiratory fitness, which are the most essential components to a healthy
lifestyle along with a healthy diet.
Continuous exercise promotes:
· Strong Bones
· Healthy Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Levels
· Boost Metabolism
· Maintains a Healthy Body Weight
· Improves Confidence
ABOUT THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH 
Loren Hunte is a Senior at Kennesaw State
University (KSU) in Kennesaw, Georgia, majoring in Exercise and Health
Science. She has been very active in
sports since a young age, playing
basketball and track. As an adult, she
has participated in sports and activities such as, rock climbing, white water
rafting and volleyball. Exercise,
Fitness and Strength and Conditioning are major components in her life and what
interests her most. In Georgia, she
created her own personal training and boot camp business called PYS Fitness, where
she trained clients in their home, at local parks or at the track at local high
schools. Loren is extremely passionate
and takes pleasure in training athletes but she especially enjoys training children. She would love to assist any child who has
the same passion for sports and fitness as she does, excel to the next level
and be the best athlete they can be. She is very ambitious, energetic, honest
and always wears a smile.
Loren is here at the ATA as an intern and aiding
in the developmentof a Strength and Conditioning Program. The Exercise and
Health Science major at KSU is a unique contemporary degree that merges the
knowledge and skills of the Exercise Science field with that of Health
Promotion. Using this broad-based training approach, graduates will
understand the scientific basis of exercise/fitness along with the strategies
used to design and implement comprehensive health programs for the public and
private sectors. Within Exercise and Health Science, students can select
one of two capstones: 1) Internship Experience or 2) Pre-Professional
Electives. The Internship is designed to provide students with a full
semester work experience in an approved Exercise and Health Science setting.
Click below to read a short summary Loren has written of her time spent with the ATA.
The equipment listed there will assist in the strength and conditioning program for the students and coaches. The ATA can hold their exercise sessions in house and have a supplement to tennis sessions canceled due to inclement weather.
