‘I Never Suffered Burn-Out’ – Jimmy Connors’ Flaunts Physical Superiority Over Tussling Modern Day ATP Pros

During his heydays on the men’s tour, Jimmy Connors amassed 8 singles Grand Slam titles while also reaching the number-one ranking. As he delivered some phenomenal performances on the court, the American tennis legend never suffered burnout, according to his recent disclosures.

Many modern tennis pros have faced the common fitness issue of burnout at a very young age. However, as opposed to a lot of youngsters from the current generation on the ATP Tour, the Hall of Famer, Connors, recently revealed the reason behind his physical superiority on the court.

Jimmy Connors on why he never suffered burnout during his illustrious journey on the tour

In the latest episode of Advantage Connors, the 8-time singles Grand Slam champion was recently asked to shed light on the modern tennis issue faced by many youngsters on the men’s circuit. As he never suffered burnout, Jimmy Connors said, “Yeah, I’m not talking about anybody, I’m talking about me, I never suffered burnout because I never overplayed and that was the one thing that I was taught early and that’s why I only go out when I would break my back and I would kill myself for a forty-five minute or an hour daily workout because I would never overplay. “

The former tennis ace disclosed that his decision to never ‘overplay’ helped him perform at his top levels on the court during his competitive journey. He said, “And which meant that when I would play my matches, I was ready to play, I wasn’t tired, I wasn’t hurt, you know, I wasn’t thinking about doing anything else,the only thing I wanted to do was to go out play those matches. And, you know, that means overplaying in practice, that means overplaying before going into a match, that means overplaying too many tournaments in a row.”

Connors went on to open up about how his schedule was ‘very important’ for him as he didn’t play too many tournaments in a row. The former American tennis player stated, “The one thing was that I thought it was more important to play two tournaments maybe three, and be one on the weekend of every tournament, which I was in semis or the finals of every event and then being able to take time off because I was getting my batch play and I was getting into a good shape because I was playing six or seven days every week. And so, my schedule was very important, I never played too much to where I ever thought I was tired and didn’t wanna do play, I was always eager to play.”

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