Jo-Anne Karaitiana: Tennis player to tennis coach and S&C specialist.

This podcast is with Jo-Anne Karaitiana. Playing junior ITF she also won 2 doubles national titles and semi finalist in singles nationals. At US College played in team that won 2 conference USA titles. Women’s WTA ranking in singles and doubles and top 50 in Australia. Now Director Tennis Box Hill Senior College. Physical preparation and Tennis coach National Academy Tennis Australia and diverse roles in strength and conditioning with sports like football and netball. Qualified in Exercise Science, fully accredited as a Tennis coach and doing her Masters in Strength of Conditioning at Edith Cowan University. She talks about her career development and meshing tennis coaching with strength & conditioning. Backdrop is an insight into a young player who had to work part time in menial jobs as a junior, did school full time, getting to training by public transport. As a tour player to make ends meet she coached and worked varied jobs. We discuss her struggles with knee injury which curtailed her tennis career and lessons learnt from that for young players. All these experiences so valuable in her development as a coach. Plus talk tennis and junior development.