LEANDER PAES - STROKE AND VOLLEY TRAINING

In this exercise, you again see tennis specific movement patterns being performed with the use of elastic tubing or bands. This is an example of an exercise that would make an excellent dynamic warm-up. Typically, this exercise is not necessarily recommended for strengthening, as these muscles are already very strong in tennis player, because they are used every time we play tennis. Rather than be used for strengthening, this exercise provides a way to warm up or prepare the body for tennis play. He is using both forehand and backhand movements at multiple heights, and he is also is using a lot of lower body bending to use the whole, entire body in this type of warm-up.