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Tennis Anatomy
See your tennis training in a brand new light. Tennis Anatomy, Second Edition, will show you how to dominate the competition by increasing strength, speed, and agility for more powerful serves and more accurate shots.
Emphasizing a movement-based approach to conditioning, Tennis Anatomy offers over 75 exercises designed to mimic the unique physical demands of the game and train the body as an integrated unit to maximize explosive power.
Each exercise offers step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the muscles in action. Exercises for the lower body, core, shoulders, back, chest, arms, and wrists—along with information on proper acceleration and deceleration mechanics, rotational strengthening, and lateral movement skills—will help you cover the court with strength and efficiency. Illustrations of the active muscles for forehands, backhands, volleys, and serves show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to tennis performance.
You’ll also find exercises aimed to protect the body from common tennis injuries and tips for proper recovery so you are always ready to ace the competition.
Authors E. Paul Roetert and Mark Kovacs have worked at the highest levels of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and are experts in tennis training and performance. Their expertise, combined with stunning illustrations, ensures Tennis Anatomy will prepare you to dominate any opponent.
Emphasizing a movement-based approach to conditioning, Tennis Anatomy offers over 75 exercises designed to mimic the unique physical demands of the game and train the body as an integrated unit to maximize explosive power.
Each exercise offers step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the muscles in action. Exercises for the lower body, core, shoulders, back, chest, arms, and wrists—along with information on proper acceleration and deceleration mechanics, rotational strengthening, and lateral movement skills—will help you cover the court with strength and efficiency. Illustrations of the active muscles for forehands, backhands, volleys, and serves show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to tennis performance.
You’ll also find exercises aimed to protect the body from common tennis injuries and tips for proper recovery so you are always ready to ace the competition.
Authors E. Paul Roetert and Mark Kovacs have worked at the highest levels of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and are experts in tennis training and performance. Their expertise, combined with stunning illustrations, ensures Tennis Anatomy will prepare you to dominate any opponent.
- GenresSportsNonfiction
240 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2011
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October 31, 2024
Overly descriptive, close to useless
March 22, 2021
Informative, good read if you are serious about improving at tennis
July 18, 2016
The book is written for mostly professionals and all level (amateur) players who are very enthusiastic and very serious about their hobbies.
This book is definitely a book of modern tennis. and it addresses the topics such as which muscle groups are using by which moves, tennis playing styles. The book also contains proper exercises advice for developing these styles.
It is a little bit hard to read because of all these Latin names of the muscles. But the authors try to overcome this obstacle by adding many high quality of anatomic pictures.
It would be better if you read the book chapter by chapter and apply them daily basis rather than reading the whole of the book.
This book is definitely a book of modern tennis. and it addresses the topics such as which muscle groups are using by which moves, tennis playing styles. The book also contains proper exercises advice for developing these styles.
It is a little bit hard to read because of all these Latin names of the muscles. But the authors try to overcome this obstacle by adding many high quality of anatomic pictures.
It would be better if you read the book chapter by chapter and apply them daily basis rather than reading the whole of the book.
January 17, 2016
Great book, tons of information but very technical and too advanced for what I was looking for. Great for a professional physio but a mere pre-med challenged high school coach is a bit out of his depth.
October 19, 2015
Çok fazla anatomi. Ama tenise özel birkaç iyi fikir var.
December 23, 2015
Anatomi bilgisi önemli bir rol teşkil ediyor, kafa karıştırmadan bu bilgiyi alabileceğiniz bir kaynak.
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