Internship Report: EVERT Tennis Academy

By Mark Swartz, BS, CSCS

I completed my internship at the Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, FL this past summer. I assisted in leading dynamic warm-ups and fitness sessions. The full-time tennis students trained in the weightroom, including plyometric exercises, lower/upper body lifts during the time when the camp students completed basic strength and movement training on court. I learned not only how to structure workouts to include mobility and injury prevention exercises, but also how to train younger students that are pre-pubescent. For those athletes, we did basic movement patterns to improve mobility and range of motion to set them up in proper hitting positions, and prepare them for loading when they are older. Overall it was a wonderful experience and I look forward to applying what I learned to my work back at ETSU