| Staying fit and injury less body is a minimal requirement | | | | During practice sessions take care of your hand and |
| in tennis. But injuries are something which majority of | | | | eye co-ordination. |
| the tennis players are inflicted with at some or other | | | | There is one exercise in particular which is very easy |
| point in their tennis life. And ninety percent of the times | | | | to follow and very effective. It lets you serve a |
| the injuries are related to the elbows. It is very | | | | complete power stroke. During the exercising, start off |
| important to play it right. | | | | with holding the handle properly and positioning yourself |
| Playing it right, starts with picking up the appropriate | | | | at around 5 feet from the machine. Keep your back |
| tennis equipments. For example the racquet. (names of | | | | straight but have a bent posture for the hips and |
| other equipments). Testing of racquets is also very | | | | knees. Properly follow through past your knee to hit |
| important. Consult your trainer before pouring money | | | | the ball with full contraction. This leads your arm being |
| onto it. Racquets form a very important part of tennis. | | | | in a parallel state with your upper-body. Repeat the |
| So check out different angels and directions. Check | | | | same exercise with the same posture from the start. |
| out for the racquet with lesser vibration which gives | | | | This will help you have explosive arm stroke. |
| you better grip. What leads to injury most of the times | | | | People keep exercising for the upper body and |
| is, tennis players making the mistake of picking up the | | | | neglect the rest of their body. The fact that the tennis |
| bigger sized racquet. The hitting area in the bigger | | | | players should be well aware of is that, its not just |
| sized racquet might be more but would lead to | | | | upper body. One has to take complete care of their |
| increased pressure and inevitably leading to elbow | | | | abs, lower backs, and legs. Only when they work in |
| injury. The perfect racquet should be having a heavier | | | | co-ordination can you notice power stroke. |
| handle but not overall heavy racquet and a flexible | | | | Always remember that your coach is there to guide |
| frame. | | | | your way through out the game of tennis. Starting |
| Starting your backhand from the shoulder and not the | | | | from your grip hold to the racquet swings, from the |
| forearm always does the trick when you are starting | | | | daily exercise to the amount of weight you should lift, |
| your game of tennis. | | | | from what to eat and what not to eat, consult your |
| Proper warm up before the game is a must. Warm | | | | coach. After all consulting would only enhance your |
| activities like stretching lead to increased blood | | | | tennis training and the clever tips and tricks will help |
| flow and also mentally prepare you for the game. | | | | make your game perfect. |