Posts Tagged “Forearm”
Feb
13
2010
 
Tennis Pronation - How to Pronate on Your ServePosted by: Mr.Tennis in Interesting SitePronation is a special type of arm movement that allows you to accelerate your tennis racket through the ball, increasing the amount of power and spin you can generate. All advanced players pronate when they serve, but very few club-level players pronate properly. Let’s start with a basic explanation of what exactly pronation is. Place your hands out in front of your body and point your palms at each other. Now rotate your forearm and wrist together, as one piece, so that your palms are facing the floor. This simple motion of your arm is pronation; the act of turning your palm to face away from you. If you rotate in the opposite direction so that your palms are facing the ceiling, then you are “supinating” your arm, which is the opposite of pronating. Another good way to understand the motion of pronation involves your cell phone. Take out your phone and hold it to your ear like you were talking to someone. Pretend that your computer monitor is a person and you want to show them who y … Tags: Act, Arm Movement, Cell Phone, Computer Monitor, Direction, Face, Forearm, Level Players, Palm, Palms, Tennis RacketThis does not need to be the case if you are willing to try new things. Martina Navratilova at 46 years old once said: “Life. We’re lucky to be here. It’s about learning and our time is limited. I’m still learning, to do better, still studying strategy. I’m technically better now than I was in my heyday.” If you have the basics of hitting a tennis forehand in place and now you want to improve it to another level try these tips: - For a solid compact swing, keep your right elbow close to your tummy at impact. - As you follow through make sure that the racket face is up in front of you and the contact surface is facing your opponent on its extension and rotational movement upward. - Make sure your stroke finishes shoulder high. Your arm at the elbow/forearm and your hand/racket form two 90 degree angles. - If you want to increase the speed of your stroke DO NOT hold the racket throat at the end of the swing with your non dominant hand. Let the racket head speed decrease naturally as you … Tags: Compact Swing, Degree Angles, Dominant Hand, Face, Forearm, Forehand In Tennis, Head Speed, Heyday, Lucky, Martina Navratilova, Opponent, Right Elbow, Stroke, Tennis ForehandHowever, tennis players are not the only victims, since any activity that involves forceful and repeated muscular contraction of the arm muscles can induce tennis elbow. Working with the tools involved in carpentry, gardening, landscaping, raking leaves, or even tightly gripping a ponderous briefcase are some of the activities that can induce tennis elbow. Baseball, bowling, golf, racket sports such as badminton and shuttlecock, and even playing darts can cause it. Some of the tennis elbow symptoms and signs are given below. The common symptom is presence of persistent pain on the outside of the upper forearm and just below the elbow joint. Now and then, the pain radiates down the upper arm toward the forearm and wrist. Individuals feel the pain when they extend their wrist. They may also feel it difficult to extend their forearm fully. The other tennis elbow symptoms include a weak grip and feeling pain when the individuals bump or touch the outside of their elbow. They may feel a pa … Tags: Arm Muscles, Badminton, Baseball, Bowling, Briefcase, Carpentry, Darts, Elbow Joint, Elbow Tennis, Forearm, Muscular Contraction, Persistent Pain, Presence, Racket Sports, Raking Leaves, Shuttlecock, Signs, Tennis Elbow, Tennis Players, Upper ArmInteresting Websites : |
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