PERFORMANCENutritionSports psychologyCoachingThis is all about supporting players to cope with the mental challenges that come with competing at the top level of the game. The LTA sports psychologist works with both players and coaches to assess the different needs of players and devise specific strategies to increase their on-court performance.Performance nutrition services are provided to players through the team at the National Tennis Centre to help them prepare for training and competition. This year heart monitoring eqipment has been used to help the team more accurately assess the needs of individual players and come up with specific dietary plans.This is the most important element in a player's development. The focus continues to be on supporting the best coaches specific to a player's needs and continually developing their skills in the performance environment.BEHIND THE SCENESMaintaining a high performance level at the top end of the modern day game is incredibly demanding in a number of different ways and requires strategies that are tailored to the needs of different players.This section looks at the different elements of the interdisciplinary approach to giving top British players that competitive edge. The National Tennis Centre at Roehampton not only offers a centre of excellence for these elements but also supports the activities around the country.4,500 KCAL49,500KGSthe typical energy intake of a male player per day at the NTClifted in the gym on average per week, per player20

PERFORMANCETechnologyUsing technology to analyse performance and support players with structured goal setting programmes is a vital element of the modern day performance setup. This year a new range of player support tools including online goal setting, training and competition planning and video analysis were released. The modern game demands detailed information on player schedules and performance to allow coaching teams to support player development. These new tools contribute to the ongoing analysis of a player's performance. In the first 2 weeks of the tools being available over 15,000 sessions (practice, strength & conditioning or matches) were logged online.A mobile planning App is in development for launch during the summer of 2012.The approach to strength and conditioning has been one of the biggest sources of improvement in the way British Tennis supports its top players over the last five years. There is a strength and conditioning team supporting performance coaches across the country to equip their players for the increasing physical demands of professional tennis.Strength and conditioning15,0008300+sessions logged through new online player support tools within the first two weeks of availabilitythe number of hours per week that an S&C coach will spend analysing video footage of playersmatches captured and analysed by coaches for feedback purposes21