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Hi, this is Ben Hesley from Bull Shark Sports.

Today's tip is about off-court conditioning.

B-Athletes like to run long distances as a form of general conditioning.

But when we're thinking specific to tennis, this may not be a good idea.

Because running long distances works a different cardiovascular system that is required for

tennis.

Tennis is about short bursts of energy, followed by short breaks.

So you want to train that way.

This time you're out for a run, think about running short sprints, say 20 to 50 yards, and

then jog or walk for 20 to 50 yards before sprinting again.

You can also do this with time.

Run as hard as you can for 10 to 20 seconds, and then walk for 10 to 20 seconds before sprinting

again.

These type of intervals is what is very similar to playing a tennis match.

So the next time you go out for a run and get in shape for tennis, think about how a tennis

match is played and try to match up your running to that.

Hope that helps and keeps you in shape, good tennis shape on the court this season.

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