Mark Kovacs PhD on junior and college tennis physiology and movement

Coach Steve Clark PhD Show

Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation. Today, we delve into tennis with respect to training, biomechanics, technique, injury prevention etc. Whether you are a parent, player (old or young) or a coach I trust you will walk away with something. My guest is Dr. Mark Kovacs, is a performance physiologist, researcher, professor, author, speaker and coach with an extensive background training and researching elite athletes. He is known as the go to expert for elite and professional athletes, corporate executives and performance artists looking for science based programming to optimize human performance. As the CEO of the Kovacs Institute, he oversees the direction, testing protocols and athlete monitoring programs along with his staff. He also consults with the United States Tennis Association, the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association and the International Tennis Performance Association among others. He holds a PhD in exercise physiology, and speaks from first hand experience as an All American at Auburn University and NCAA doubles champion. You can reach him at Kovacs Institute. Be sure to see CoachSteveClarkPhD.Com for other podcasts, blogs, resources and discussions. The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support.