Movement for Tennis: The Importance of Lateral Training

[...] it is vasdy different than teaching a wide receiver how to break from the line of scrimmage or a track sprinter starting from the blocks. [...] preferred training recommendations for tennis should be to focus training between 60 to 80% of the time on lateral movements, 10 to 30% of the time on...

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Published in:Strength and conditioning journal 2009-08, Vol.31 (4), p.77-85
Main Author: Kovacs, Mark S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Tennis
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Summary:[...] it is vasdy different than teaching a wide receiver how to break from the line of scrimmage or a track sprinter starting from the blocks. [...] preferred training recommendations for tennis should be to focus training between 60 to 80% of the time on lateral movements, 10 to 30% of the time on linear forward movements, and only about 10% of the time on linear backward movement.
ISSN:1524-1602
1533-4295
DOI:10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181afe806