Mark Kovacs PhD, Nutrition and the tennis athlete

Coach Steve Clark PhD Show

Hello everyone, welcome to The Coach Steve Clark PhD Show where the aim is to encourage, inspire and equip coaches, players and parents who in turn inspire and equip others to promote tennis, foster sportsmanship, and develop greater players and people. So thanks for joining me and I hope you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation. My guest is Dr. Mark Kovacs, who joints me for a second time, as we discuss general nutrition principles as well as pre, during, post match nutrition and hydration concepts and practical to-do's. Mark is a performance physiologist, researcher, professor, author, speaker and coach with an extensive background training and researching elite athletes. He is known as the go to expert for elite and professional athletes, corporate executives and performance artists looking for science based programming to optimize human performance. He holds a PhD in exercise physiology, and speaks from first hand experience as an All American at Auburn University and NCAA doubles champion. As the CEO of the Kovacs Institute, he oversees the direction, testing protocols and athlete monitoring programs along with his staff. He also consults with various tennis organizations such as the USTA, ITA, ITPA, etc. Be sure to see CoachSteveClarkPhD.Com for other podcasts, blogs, resources and discussions. Engage with me by leaving your video testimony on my home page. You can also email me with questions or comments at [e-mail] The introduction music is “Let it Rip” by Mike and Bob Bryan band and the narrator is Wayne Bryan. Thanks for your continued support.