TENNIS DRILLS TO LEARN FROM PRO PLAYERS – BEGINNER LESSON

 “ If you don’t practice you don’t deserve to win” Andre Agassi. Daily simple exercise and physical activity are very hard to disregard. In order to master tennis like a pro then you have to make certain drills a die-hard habit in to your daily life routine. This exercise are very essential, because they increase confidence and enhances your game creativity, and let’s not forget the impact of exercise in match concentration. The following are few drills we learnt from professional tennis players.  

                                               Serena Williams

  

You know her as the only player ever to have won two Grand Slam seven times each (Wimbledonand Australian Open), But before she sets those records they are things that makes her to master tennis likes know other.

• ·      First Serena always wash her hand before starting to exercise, when she was asked what was reason behind this by Vogue magazine she said that she prefers her to be dry so she can grip racquet tight enough.
• ·      She realized she couldn’t run down the ball using her long strides. She worked hard on her footwork by printing 30 meters a day, jump rope and cycling. After two months her feet began to move naturally and efficiently, allowing them to arrive at balls in proper balance.

                                                    Roger Federer

He has mastered how to pace himself to care of himself, practice for tennis in a way that is totally superb, and also to maintain physical and mental strength. Showing a serve-smashing dominance on court and taking 20 Grand Slam.

• Warm up – Before the match he gets his muscles going. By doing several jogging step, like butt kicks and moving quickly from sideline to sideline.

•       Balls and racket – He always has someone, to throw three balls to him. The reason of this challenge is to hit one at a time, before the other bounce a second time. It helps him with hand – eye coordination and expectation.

•       Bands on legs – He sometimes keeps a band between his legs while exercising ground stokes, so that very limb creates some resistance. The exercise makes his legs stronger and enhances pace in the court.

                                                     Rafael Nadal

The ‘king of clay’, what is displaying on the court is quiet brilliant. But his regular drills make what we see in the court.

·      Vibrating machine – It helps him improve his muscle strength, range of motion and flexibility. It also aids him to recover from injuries and rid of the worst pain.

·      Resistance bands – They help to strengthen his shoulder muscles and rotator cuff. This is what makes him to have huge biceps, triceps and forearm than his opponents.

·      Front bends – He performs them by keeping himself anchored to the wall with the help of his knees. They are very beneficial for tennis player who wants to work a lot of muscle like back, legs and hamstrings at on.  That’s why we see his thighs and knee muscles strengthened.

·      Other exercises are, push ups and pull ups, parallel. Bar dips, which enhance flexibility of his shoulder girdle and sit-ups with an exercise ball – this works on his abs, core muscles and legs.