Strengthening the serve – Exercises for loading
02/22/2012 | Written by: uspta
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Strengthening the serve – Exercises for loading
Description:
Mark Kovacs, Ph.D., CSCS and USPTA Professional, demonstrates three exercises that will help improve the loading stage of the serve. Key points are: loading the back hip, back leg strength and stability, exploding, coordination, balance.
Tip:
This week’s tip examines the loading position on the serve. This is the stage where the energy is created by bending the knees and creating maximum explosion up into the ball. The legs are pushing into the ground to generate power and release it through the kinetic chain and throughout the remainder of the serving motion.
Mark Kovacs, Ph.D., presents three exercises that will improve the loading action on the serve. The exercises emphasize core and lower body strength, stability (loading the back leg) and exploding up into the ball.
These exercises should not be done without the supervision of a certified strength and conditioning trainer or a certified tennis-teaching professional, who is knowledgeable about biomechanics and specific tennis training.
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