Game, Set and Match by Mark Hodgkinson

Author:Mark Hodgkinson [Hodgkinson, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

INJURIES

Wayne Ferreira, who played in 56 consecutive grand slams, on ‘HOW TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY’…

While you need to be flexible and supple, with big, strong legs, having a big upper body can be hard on the legs as you’re carrying that extra weight around the court: ‘Tennis is legs and core based. If you have good stomach muscles, and good strong legs, you don’t really need a strong upper body.’

Don’t try to play through any injury – take some time off: ‘When you have an injury in one part of your body, you’ll overcompensate in other parts of your body, and everything starts going off.’

As a teenager, you have to be really careful when you’re going through a growth spurt, so don’t overdo the weightlifting: ‘Somebody who is 14, 15, 16 years old shouldn’t be lifting too many heavy weights. When your body is still growing, that can be quite damaging. I would suggest using bands, and the low weight and high repetition stuff, and only start bench-pressing and all that sort of stuff when you are fully-grown. That’s probably when you’re 18 or 19.’

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