Mark Kovacs is in his first year serving as a sports science advisor in the areas of performance and injury prevention with the Sun Devil men’s tennis team.
“My role is just really to optimize the various resources available on campus and also bring more expertise from outside to provide consulting and services in specific areas," said Kovacs. "I'm really focusing on all areas involved in making those 10 to 12 guys in the program the best they can be by improving their overall daily schedule, optimizing sleep, nutrition, daily training as well as off-court strength and conditioning programs, working closely with the coaches on campus."
Kovacs, an All-American and NCAA doubles champion at Auburn, formerly directed the Sport Science, Strength and Conditioning and Coaching Education departments for the United States Tennis Association (USTA), and he was the Director of the Gatorade Sport Science Institute. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the International Tennis Performance Association (ITPA).
Kovacs is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Tennis Performance Specialist (CTPS) and Master Tennis Performance Specialist (MTPS) through the iTPA, and in 2012 he was the youngest ever recipient of the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational Merit Award. He has worked with hundreds of elite athletes in dozens of sports providing high performance sport science services in the lab, on the court, field, pitch, track and ring. He now travels the world speaking at conferences and to corporations and universities, in addition to video shoots and interviews.
“My role is just really to optimize the various resources available on campus and also bring more expertise from outside to provide consulting and services in specific areas," said Kovacs. "I'm really focusing on all areas involved in making those 10 to 12 guys in the program the best they can be by improving their overall daily schedule, optimizing sleep, nutrition, daily training as well as off-court strength and conditioning programs, working closely with the coaches on campus."
Kovacs, an All-American and NCAA doubles champion at Auburn, formerly directed the Sport Science, Strength and Conditioning and Coaching Education departments for the United States Tennis Association (USTA), and he was the Director of the Gatorade Sport Science Institute. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the International Tennis Performance Association (ITPA).
Kovacs is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Tennis Performance Specialist (CTPS) and Master Tennis Performance Specialist (MTPS) through the iTPA, and in 2012 he was the youngest ever recipient of the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational Merit Award. He has worked with hundreds of elite athletes in dozens of sports providing high performance sport science services in the lab, on the court, field, pitch, track and ring. He now travels the world speaking at conferences and to corporations and universities, in addition to video shoots and interviews.