Sania, Bhupathi, Bopanna come together for camp
[Sun Nov 23, 2008]Indian tennis sensations Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will come together for a camp at the Tennis Vill. This will be a three-week camp, which is held at Bhupathi's state-of-the-art facility in Bangalore.
The camp will include a high-intensity fitness programme with tennis. Shayamal Vallabhjee, a trainer from South Africa is hired to give tips on fitness front. However, American Scott Davidoff will be in charge of the tennis.
The fitness programme will include medium to high intensity aerobic work. Vallabhjee had earlier worked with the Indian cricket team. He explained, "We will start with medium to high intensity aerobic work to tax the cardiovascular and respiratory system. We'll have long training runs coupled with high intensity interval and shuttle runs. There will also be high intensity ladder drills."
"Our training will focus on functional strengthening, according to each individual's biomechanical strengths and weaknesses," added Vallabhjee.
