Well, week 3 of my custom rehabilitation schedule is already over. Time flies. I am very satisfied with my recovery. This week I started with quite a tough power program that I now follow 3 times a week. Next week, with the guidance of our power trainer Patrick van Balkom, I will try to make my upper legs as strong as possible. Together with physio Beate I will work on the stability of my body. All this should ultimately make me ready for a fresh start in the new year.
On court, the exercises have been expanded. Last week we have done two so-called multi shuttle sessions at a higher level than the weeks before. The fixed patterns are gradually replaced by ”random” exercises (you can expect the shuttle everywhere) and the intensity increases. I also practiced my defence intensively at the same time training my racquet skills. We do this mostly in a 2-1 player situation where there is one player attacking from the back court and the other is putting pressure from the net on me as a defensive player. At the end of the week I was already able to partly join the training of the other double players and that made me feel good!
Last Tuesday Dave and I discussed the tournament program for the first half year of 2011 with the technical director and our coach. They have made up a very good program (of course subject to injuries and finance) and I have immediately updated the agenda on the site so you can see where and when I am playing and in which country.