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2004/04/21, 10:50 PM
Hey, I'm a varsity 1st Singles tennis player
What I have gotten out of research from here and a few other sites is a big arm, shoulder, and leg routine, Plyometic exercises, interval sprints, jogging pushups, working a lot on the abs, having stamina, and quickness drills... outside of actually playing the game. Does this sound right? Oh! yeah, what do Plyometic exercises and interval sprints and working out the abs, and quickness drills mean? and what is in the exercises?
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2004/04/22, 08:26 AM
From Bill Pearl's book 'Getting Stronger' :
Weight training program with 3 goals in mind:
1 - increased development of upper body and offhand strength
2 - overall andurance and explosiveness (that is where your plyometrics and interval sprints come into play)
3 - cardiovascualr develpment with overloaded circuit training and aerobic dance classes.
They have an off-season program and an on-season program. I would suggest looking for the book at your local library and copying the programs.
The research you did sounds right. you need a strong core for any sport, but your obliques come into play in all shots for twisting, your lower back needs to be strong for serving and overheads and you need strong forearms for volleying.
"you can never be too fit. My athletes do a wide variety of activities to get and edge on their opponents: throwing and catching a medicine ball, hopping and running stadium steps, short sprints, direction-changing sprints, aerobic dance classes." Bill Wright, men's tennis coach, University of Arizona, formerly coach at Univ. of California at berkeley, NCAA coach of the year, 1980....
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2004/04/23, 02:38 PM
Plyometric exercises will help you develop explosiveness (stop and go in tennis). The interval sprints will help you with stamina. And the quickness drills...well it speaks for itself.
I primarily weight train to stay injury free in tennis (I play USTA since I'm now too old to play Varsity) :surprised:
I wish this site was around when I was in HS! :laugh:
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**_Robert_**
Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
E-mail: rpacheco@freetrainers.com
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