Bernard Tomic and Fitness levels?
It is interesting to note that Tomic has said he is a lot fitter in an article in January
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2011-01-20/201101201295505489338.html
The fact he has won Wimbledon Juniors demonstrates he always had the ability. Add his height and span. He seems very efficient with his movement and reads the ball well. Is he fast? Hard to work out. He cuts angles really well. But he is so young and probably has 10 to 20 % or more improvement left with strength and power through maturity and training.
Federer talks about the need for increased strength also when referring to Nadal.
Tomic has had a few fitness people with him but it is interesting he has basically done it by himself (with dad) and maybe he has avoided the mad rush of massive training loads some poor kids are subjected to. It seems he needed time to acknowledge the need for increased fitness and strength but maybe this is not a bad thing. I have seen coaches send kids on 10km runs on roads and do endless low quality suicides on court with young players in Australia.
So I don’t know for sure but did Tomic actually avoid some of that bad junk volume crap training that one sees a lot?
Anyway at his height and with his ability. Phew! He is at the stage an AFL player has been at a club for a year and they usually take 2 to 4 years to develop.
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