Tennis Speed Exercises

Developing Speed and Power in the Tennis Serve Serve With More Speed and Power by Knowing the Mechanics of the Serve and Which Muscles To Condition   Part 1 – The Stance & Back Swing Part 2 – The Forward Swing Part 3 – The Follow Through Part 3 of 3 – The Follow Through The follow through occurs after contact with the ball is made. Here, the racket arm continues with internal rotation of the shoulder,  pronation of the elbow and flexion of the wrist.  The racket ends up pointing down toward the ground and you land on the… read more

Developing Speed and Power for the Tennis Serve Serve With More Speed and Power by Knowingthe Mechanics of the Serve and Which Muscles to condition   Part 1 – The Stance & Back Swing Part 2 – The Forward Swing Part 3 – The Follow Through Part 2 of 3 – The Forward Swing The forward swing has two distinct transitions in body positions as follows: Transitioning from the trophy pose position (Figure 1-8a) to what is called the racket drop position (Figure 1-8d) and   Transitioning from the racket drop position (Figure 1-10a, bottom page 9) to the contact… read more

Developing Speed and Power in the Tennis Serve Serve With More Speed and Power by Knowing the Mechanics of the Serve and Which Muscles To Condition   Part 1 – The Stance & Back Swing Part 2 – The Forward Swing Part 3 – The Follow Through Part 1 of 3 – The Stance & Back Swing  The Tennis Serve consists of three main phases: 1) the backswing, 2) the forward swing and 3) the follow through. Each phase will be broken down for the right-hand player and the most important muscles contributing to each phase will be identified.  However,… read more