About Jeff

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The following are some of my credentials that make me look pretty good on paper, but it is my knowledge base and many real world experiences that have allowed me to develop into a highly touted fitness for tennis coach. Some say a………… GURU!!!

• Have played tennis at several competitive levels (Juniors, College, and Adult)
• Have coached tennis at the collegiate level (Miami University/Oxford, Ohio)
• Fitness trainer for 15+ years. (Gym and in-home training)
• 10+ years of experience doing personalized training and outdoor boot camp style group training with world-ranked junior, collegiate, and professional tennis players.
• Have done high performance fitness testing for the United States Tennis Association with Director of Physical Conditioning Barrett Bugg and Director of Sport Science Bill Aronsen
• Have worked with NTRP rated league players of all ages and ability levels and have significantly improved their body composition and fitness for tennis.
• Have written several articles pertaining to strength and conditioning that have been published in national and international tennis publications and on websites; including Florida Tennis Magazine and www.Juniortennis.com
• Fitness Consultant and fitness expert for the Physical fitness chapter of “Raising Big Smiling Tennis Kids” A Complete Roadmap For Every Parent and Coach
• Expert Fitness Consultant for “The strength Builder ultimate pushup workout system” www.thestrengthbuilder.com
• Obtained Masters Degree in Sport Behavior and Performance from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
• Graduate coursework (Physiological and Motoric aspects of Sport and Exercise, Biomechanics, Anatomy and Kinesiology, Children and Youth in Sport, Foundations of Sport Psychology, Studies in Exercise Behavior)
• Studied Mental strength training under the guidance of World Renowned Tennis Sports Psychologist Robert S. Weinberg (Past president of The Association for the advancement of Applied Sports Psychology, Author of Foundation of Sport and Exercise Psychology College Textbook, Editor of Journal of Applied Sports Psychology
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) National Strength and conditioning association (NSCA)

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

• Certified Fitness Advisor-Cooper Aerobics Institute
• Certified Personal Trainer-International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA)
• Functional Training Specialist-Institute of Human Performance
• Gold Certified Fitness Specialist-Life Fitness
• Member of South Florida Sport Science Professionals Association
• President of The Home Fitness Professionals Association
• Tennis Strength and Conditioning Specialist-Etcheberry Performance

The Etcheberry Group, LLC

September 2008: Jeff Drock MS, CSCS becomes an official Etcheberry Certified Tennis Trainer

The unique training secrets of legendary strength and conditioning coach Pat Etcheberry have helped more than two-dozen professional tennis champions win more than 100 Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Medals. The players Pat’s techniques have transformed read like a Whose Who in Tennis and include Andre Agassi, Justine Henin-Hardenne, James Blake, Martina Hingis, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, Gabriela Sabatini and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, among many others.

“These techniques took me from #25 in the world when Pat and I started working together, all the way to #1.” — Tennis Hall of Fame member Jim Courier.

There are many sports science practitioners who possess master’s degrees like myself or even doctorates. Many of the advanced degree holders tend to focus on being great theorists, classroom instructors, writers and researchers. I truly appreciate all of their contributions to the sport sciences and I do enjoy reading about and staying on top of the current research findings. At times I have even felt a bit guilty about my lack of worthy research contributions. Much to the dismay of my graduate school professors, I turned down several offers to pursue my doctoral studies because I perhaps selfishly wanted to be a full time “Performance Enhancement Specialist” for tennis players. I guess that I am of a rare breed and it would be safe to say that my love of helping athletes improve has always superseded my interest of contributing research. My interest and love is in figuring out exactly how to quickly, effectively, and safely improve my athletes’ opportunities for success.