Wimbledon<\/a> to create its new recovery zone, is more descriptive. \u201cThe Ammortal combines five research-backed modalities to balance the body and mind,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\u201cIt is almost as an out-of-body experience, but not to the point where you\u2019re over energised or too\u00a0calm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laura Robson, the former British No 1 who is now the player relations director at the All England\u00a0Club, says that new wellness zone is an indication how players are increasingly focused on using science to aid performance.<\/p>\n
Robson points to players such as Novak Djokovic, who has been\u00a0able to stay at the top deep into his 30s when once upon a time players would often be considered past it on their 30th birthday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember playing in the US\u00a0Open years and years ago, and it was the talk of the town that Novak was using a hyperbaric chamber,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt that point, it felt so left-field. But I think he\u2019s led the way. Recovery is helping people play longer. As the length of the calendar gets more strenuous, it\u2019s about finding ways to make it to the\u00a0end of the season without getting injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings have massively changed. Ice baths were already a thing, and still are a thing, but recovery wasn\u2019t something that people thought about too much. You\u2019d have either the tour physio or an ice bath and that was about it. But within the last two or three years, it has changed.<\/p>\n
Jenson Brooksby said he hopes \u2018other tournaments follow suit\u2019 with the recovery technology. Photograph: Hongbo Chen\/Action Plus\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
\u201cIt started with people travelling around with Normatec compression boots and it progressed from there. Now we\u2019ve got these amazing facilities and we want to make sure we\u2019re creating a space people feel is beneficial and is going above and beyond what they are used to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robson points out that this year players will be able to use massage guns and compression boots to ease aching muscles, Game Ready devices that offer hot and cold compression therapy and a NuCalm headset designed to enhance sleep\u00a0quality.<\/p>\n
The new player wellness centre also offers nutritious food and coffee and Robson says a second floor will be added to the state-of-the-art gym next year.<\/p>\n
Another US player, Jenson Brooksby, who also enjoyed a straight-sets win, is certainly a believer when it comes to the new recovery\u00a0suite, which is in Wimbledon\u2019s Millennium Building. \u201cEvery 1% can really help when we\u2019re trying to make deep runs here,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I\u2019m glad to see it. I hope other tournaments follow\u00a0suit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Violone says the science of recovery is evolving all the time \u2013 with a particular focus on\u00a0helping players hit a \u201cflow\u201d state in matches. \u201cWe are focused on utilising research\u2011backed recovery technologies to help people with sleep, stress and soreness,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause elite athletes need to recover in an elite way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also know that when athletes are competing with tension, it has negative effects. They want to operate in a flow state, so keeping them in the zone mentally is a huge part of our focus in the recovery suite.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is a far cry from the days where players thought they played better after ranting and raving at officials. Speaking of which, have some of the past greats, such as John McEnroe, asked to use the\u00a0suite?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not playing in\u00a0the invitational matches this year, otherwise he\u2019d be able to get into the recovery spaces,\u201d Robson\u00a0says. \u201cBut I\u2019d be happy to show him where it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before his straight-sets first-round victory over Alexandre M\u00fcller on Monday, the American No 21 seed, Tommy Paul, stepped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-769887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}