A growing body of evidence that suggests significant positive impacts of Strength and conditioning for tennis performance (Reid and Schneiker, 2008; Fernandez- Fernandez et al, 2009; Kovacs and Ellenbecker, 2011; Roetert et al. , 2009). Clearly, strength and conditioning coaches have a large array of additional considerations that are unique to tennis and that have large implications when designing and implementing training programmes. The aim for this chapter is to provide the reader with the necessary information to understand the demands of the sport, highlight key areas ofi injury occurrence and Prevention, and also aid your programme design. The programme design should be influenced by performance data, a multitude of screening methods and long term development goals. This should also include considerations surrounding the stage of development of the athlete: maturation, emotional readiness to train, training history and attitude. The opportunities to carry out training blocks are minimal due to the nature of the tournament calendar, and all coaches will need to be able to adapt training daily. Developing good reliable and valid methods to quantify training and competition load will be paramount to ensure the correct balance of training stimulus to secure adaptation versus excessive load, resulting in a decrement of performance. The art of coaching and communicating with our athletes should not be underestimated; as coaches, we can always be improving the knowledge and skillset we apply to our programming.
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