I have another good week of training behind me. Thanks to the customised training schedule, the power training and the massage treatments my recovery is going well.
Although the exercises of the training schedule are all pretty “basic”, I find myself able to do these kinds of training for a 100%. In the morning I train two hours on court. In the afternoon I either do the power training (3 times a week) finished off with some technique exercises or a regular court training. Friday morning was a nice workout because the last 40 minutes I was able to spar with my partner Dave against Koen and Ruud and that was very pleasant after such a long time.
Next week the French national selection of the men’s and ladies doubles comes to visit us at Papendal. More and more Papendal is going to look like an international training center and that’s great fun. To my knowledge there are three men’s doubles combinations so next week I hope to be able to do some 2-2 exercises, and also play a number of matches together with Dave. Sparring against other, less familiar, couples is a great advantage! Monday our physio and I will compose my program for the next week. I look forward to making it a training week as good as last week!
Tags: men's doubles, national selection, Papendal