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Tennis nutrition is something that is often overlooked by many tennis players. If you ask people what the most important factor of training is many would say exercises, fitness drills, perfecting your technique however not many would say your nutrition. What you fuel your body with needs to be done correctly so that you can last longer and reach your peak performance during training and more importantly in game. You can have the best racquet, trainers and coaches but without the correct tennis nutrition you are only half the tennis player you could be! Discover how you can become an elite player with the following tips!
Running out of energy during games?
If you find yourself running out of energy during you matches then one of the things you can do with your nutrition is reduce the amount of sugar and caffeine you take in and increase the amount of vegetables.
Sugar and caffeine is a great way to boost energy but if you keep taking them your body will become dependent on them as a source for energy and when your body uses all of it up you will feel really tired. Vegetables are a great way to convert all the starch and carbohydrate foods into energy so make sure that you try and eat 5 raw and 3 cooked vegetables everyday!
Unable to focus during games?
One problem a lot of people have is the loss of focus during games. This can be caused by many reasons but we all know how much of a disadvantage this can be to the player. The best way you can increase your focus is to get plenty of sleep before a game.
Sleep will have you well rested for the game and sleep is also the best time for your body to go through muscle growth and repair which is why you need at least 8-10 hours of good sleep!
Loss of performance during a game?
At times you will see players go out on the court and dominate their opposition only to have them beat them later on in the game. What could have made this happen? There are a number of factors including loss of focus, bad tennis mentality and also (and most importantly) a bad tennis diet.
To make sure this doesn’t happen to you you want to make sure that you have the correct tennis nutrition in your diet and you also want to make sure that you drink plenty of water! Your performance can be greatly affected by your water intake – once you feel thirsty your hydration levels would have dropped down 2% which may not seem like much but 1% loss means a 10% loss in performance. That’s a 20% loss just by not drinking enough water.
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Source by James Pswarai