The discussion focuses on the non-negotiables​, the S&C Principles and Mission Statement and ADM (Athlete Development Model). In addition, samples of general training plans are shared.

Brian is a USTA Faculty Coach and is the Associate Director of High Performance at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. Brian Wilson was ranked #1 in Southern California in the juniors before he attended the University of Illinois on a scholarship. In 2003 Brian was the NCAA doubles champion and the team went undefeated and won the NCAA team championship. He played on the ATP tour for five years reaching a career high of #232 in singles and #120 in doubles and won over 15 titles in singles and doubles.

Reshard is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist for USTA Player Development. Reshard Langford has been with USTA for 3 years but has an athletic background in multiple sports, playing basketball, baseball, football, and track and field, lettering all four years in all four sports in high school. He went on to play college football on full scholarship to Vanderbilt University, graduated in 2008 and then went on to play in the NFL for 4 seasons. After his professional sports playing career, Reshard served as a Strength and Conditioning for the Minnesota Vikings for 2 year prior to joining the USTA.

Jenna is a full-time strength and conditioning coach with USTA. She started as USTA's first strength and conditioning fellow in 2018 and then stayed on as an independent contractor through 2020. Jenna received her M.A. in Kinesiology from George Mason University while working with the women's track and field, volleyball, and basketball teams as both the dietitian and strength and conditioning intern, as well as the research assistant. Prior to receiving her master's degree, Jenna completed her B.A. in Exercise and Sport Science from Nova Southeastern University. She started off in many sports including gymnastics, soccer, volleyball, and track & field but her main sport was basketball in which she played through college.

Coach Wilson starts off the explantion of what non-negotialble​s are and their appllication to tennis and training.

Effort - Whether on the court, in the gym or in the classroom...We will give our best effort at whatever task is at hand. This includes (but isn't limited to) warming up, writing in our journal, cooling down and mental skills sessions.

Engagement - What does it mean to be engaged? If a coach is speaking the engaged student would be: 1) making eye contact 2) giving non verbal cues that they're listening 3) asking relevant questions

Who should we show respect to? Our coaches, opponents/train​ing partners, our environment/our equipment, ourselves.

Being on time for all activities of the day. On time = 5 minutes early ready to start right at the scheduled time.

To promote health, wellness, and personal excellence through strength and conditioning services that enable the players to be the most complete tennis athletes possible.

Reshard expands on the non-negotiable with the important qualities of: Hard Work Ethic, Preparation, Growth Mindset, Responsibility

Main goal: solidify main set 1 goals (basic physical and tennis skills in a fun environment)
Measure stature once a week to make adjustments based off growth
Optimal window of opportunity: flexibility (6-10), agility and quickness(7-9B, 6-8G <5s), motor skills(9-12B, 8-11G), speed(13-16B, 11-13G <15-20s) aerobic capacity(before PHV), and strength(6-18mo after PHV boys and immediately after PHV girls)
70-80% training and 20-30%
No early specialization
Stay active but take 1 (ideally 2) days off from tennis per week
12-17h weekly training hours
Introduce recovery for off days

A look at what competition and non-competition weeks can look like in terms of days and hours for tennis and athletic development.

The S&C team adheres to the USTA PD teaching and coaching philosophy and believes fully in the person first approach when coaching and training athletes. The philosophy is founded on principles of long-term athlete development and our training follows appropriate age and stage teaching and training progressions.

Link to Download a PDF of the USTAPD S&C Philosophy Document

Jenna talks about the types of movement in tennis and strokes of importance.

Jenna covers a sample training week and gives examples of different variations of the program (how to do this same week but with different limitations) as well as connecting the dots between S&C and tennis.

Link to Player ID Warm Up

Link to Mobility Videos

Contact information for all of the USTA S&C Staff.