Nutrition For Tennis

Why Is Nutrition For Tennis Important?

Peak performance in tennis is much more closely linked to food and drink (hydration) than most people realise.

To date, what you ate and drank has tended only to be used as a fuel to energise the player, and as such has not been used optimally.

The optimum performance diet must form part of all modern players’ arsenal along with their trainers, physiotherapists, coaches and doctors.

The concept that players who "eat a balanced diet, in the rightquantities, will get all the nutrients they need from their food”, is now seen as old-school and detrimental to performance.

Even if you’re eating all the "right" foods, there’s no guarantee your body is digesting and absorbing the nutrients effectively in the first place.

Why?

Heavy tennis training along with pollution, processed foods, stimulants and stress can compromise gut function, which will ultimately affect performance.

Let’s look at the four of the main performance areas – energy, strength, mental focus and injuries.

Let's see how these relate to peak performance: