training wise the last few weeks have been mainly maintenance work and keeping the body fresh. at the weekend just gone we had a national squad held at heaton tennis and squash club and a test match V selected english/south african team which went really well with ireland taking the tie 4-3! next up is santiago, spain - commencing next monday. hopefully th weather’ll be a little better!!
got back from chicago last week.. took a few days off with some light hitting work and practise. some interval work yesterday, some circuits tonight,. squash and conditioning tomorrow and some match practise before my next tournament next week in dublin – the leinster open. looking forward and hopefully a home crowd can spur me on to cause a few upsets!!
just lost in a tight match with daryl selby. first game was played at a very high pace. had a good lead at 9 – 6 but a few intersting refering decisions went against me and i lost it 11 – 9.. second game was similar to the first but vise versa - a bad start losing the first 5 rallies making alte come back but unfortuneatly losing 11 – 9 and the third 11- 6.. dissapointing to lose but encouraging signs and looking forward to the next event , leinster open starting on october 2nd..
had a tough match earlier with Chris Gordon, US no2 and world 66. lost the first game 11-8 but made him work pretty hard to win it. upped the pace a little in the second. got an early lead and maintained it right the way through to tie at 1 game all. as the match went on i was seeing the ball vetter and hitting good length. holding him and working him and in the end won 8-11 11-4 11-7 11-1 in 88min.. tough match tomorrow againt Daryl Selby ranked 35..
In Chicago at the moment competing in the above evnt. amazing city and venue. court is built outdoors on the main avenue. great exposre for the game and players. first round went under way today. played dutch international Bart Ravelli and won comfortably in 3 , 11-1 11-2 11-5. have USA no.2 and world 66 tomorow so should prove a tougher test.. looking forward
2 full hard weeks training completed after me hamstring strain and its going really well!! 2 more weeks of hard training, (track work,gym and court work) and then will take things down a few gears and get sharpened up and ready for the start of the season, mid september. 1st competition of the season is possibily the dutch open. hope everyones enjoyin the weather!
I’ve more or less fully recovered from my hamstring strain. Last few weeks have been pretty tedious with rehab etc… but mentally refreshed and super keen to get my summer training back on track! Be in the full swing of things come Monday hopefully.
Just got back from the Italian Open in verona. unfortuneatly i strained my hamstring out there. it was tight before i headed out there but i thought it was fine and not surprisingly it got worse and was unable to play to the level i needed to play at to do well..
been resting well and looking after it and hoping to regain full fitness asap and get bk to training hard and gearin up for september which is the next time i intend to compete..
last week saw me finish my first 3 week block of summer training. it finished off with a cople of track sessions, some plyometrics, long CV sessions and plenty of court work. had a 3 day rest to recover and unwinded a little bit and having an easier goin week this week. with more power , shorter work being done to have me moving sharply for the italian open next week..
thursday – plyometrics , some SAQ and a practse match to finish.
friday, a.m – solo practise with some court movements,
p.m – watts session on bike (same as monday)
saturday – track session in the morning
sunday – practise match
that brought an end to my first week pre season training. was pretty sore and tired come sunday evening and even worse on monday! yeasterday id a day off.. today i just did some solo practise and finished up with some core work.. track tonight..
Arthur
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