National Tour Nutrition At a recent national tour tennis event, I initiated a simple suggestion in our team expectation discussion at the...

As a sports nutritionist, I often work behind the scenes, advising on fuelling plans, recovery strategies, and aiming to mould behaviour in order to optimise performance through food. Spending nine days at a Category 1 Tennis Europe event in Nice offered far more than just lessons in tennis, it revealed how deeply nutrition habits can impact performance, mood, energy, and recovery.

Teenage years are a time of rapid growth, especially for female athletes who are balancing the demands of high-level sport, school, and social life. For these young athletes, this stage brings an extra layer of complexity; it is vital that they consistently fuel their bodies to support both natural development and optimal athletic performance.