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2 in the world. It’s hardly surprising therefore that many players are hitting the gym in a quest to emulate their Spanish hero. Modern tennis is, after all, all about power ‘ power of movement, power of shot and power of thought ‘ and Nadal is an undisputed world-class powerhouse in all of these departments. It’s clear that the stronger you are the greater the intensity at which you can perform and the less risk you face of injury. But can you be too strong? Could the new gym rats who want to look like and play like Nadal be doing themselves more harm than good? There is no question that strength without skill or even good skill levels with low strength will produce less than optimum results. But is it really that important for a tennis player to be able to perform a traditional gym exercise like a squat using a 200+kg bar? It could be argued that a squat of 100kg along with great stability, power, body control and skill is a far better combination. This begs the question, “Why not ha …

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Proper Warm-Up and Cool-Down Training for Tennis Speed is all about maximum effort and intensity, so a proper DYNAMIC warm-up (no static stretching in the warm up!) is ESSENTIAL as your muscles will be working at full capacity. The rate of muscular contraction is very high during speed training so if you don’t take the time to warm up properly you really run the risk of injury. The same can be said of the cool-down period after training. The excessive contractions tend to shorten the muscles and produce waste products as the session progresses so you MUST performf a proper cool-down as this will help to stretch the muscles back to their original resting length and eliminate the presence of the waste products such as lactic acid. Your cool-down should be similar to the warm-up except the warm up should start slowly at low intensities and build up whereas your cool-down should the be exact opposite (gradually slowing down) finishing with some static stretching. A proper warm up and cool …