Sudden-death tennis is here. Use this step-by-step playbook to install a 12-second reset, high-percentage serve and return patterns, and pressure drills so you can win the next deciding point on command.
Carlos Alcaraz turned his 2025 US Open service games into a near lock by mastering pre-serve routines, serve-plus-one patterns, return pressure, and efficient movement. Steal his blueprint with scored drills, decision rules, and gear tweaks you can use today.
Shanghai’s sauna week forced retirements and pushed the ATP to review a formal heat policy. Here is how extreme heat is changing training, hydration, pacing, point patterns, and mental prep—from juniors to pros—and what to do about it.
A brutal October heat wave turned the Asia swing into a stress test. After Novak Djokovic staggered post‑win in Shanghai and Emma Raducanu retired in Wuhan, here is a science‑based playbook to train, hydrate, and outthink hot matches.
Asian swing heat is real. Use this 7 to 14 day tennis heat acclimation plan to set personal hydration and sodium targets, master pre-cooling and in-match cooling, and protect decision quality with smart pacing and mental resets.
Shanghai and Wuhan showed how extreme heat flips matches and exposes preparation gaps. Use this coach-tested 14-day plan to acclimate, set sodium and fluid targets you can actually hit, cool smarter, breathe between points, and win with energy-saving patterns.
Anchored to Daria Kasatkina’s decision to end her 2025 season for mental recovery, this guide turns mental periodization into simple, coachable routines that junior players, parents, and coaches can start using this week.
Shanghai 2025 turned center court into a sauna. With retirements mounting and the ATP signaling a formal heat-policy review, here is a clear playbook to train, fuel, cool, and game-plan for extreme heat—so you can compete, not cramp.
October in Shanghai turned the men's tour inside out and put player care under a microscope. Here is a science-based, coach-friendly recovery playbook for heat, hydration, jet lag, and mental load that juniors and pros can use now.
