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USC Men’s Tennis Coach Pete Smith approves Wonderweight!
We are proud to announce Wonderweight trainers have been approved for use for the Men’s Tennis Team, coach, Pete Smith at the University of Southern California. He has lead his players to NCAA national Championships in 2009 and 2010! In addition to fitness and training, his players are using them preseason to improve forearm and backhand motions as well. You can read more about him at:
http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/smith_peter00.html
Injury Prevention
There are two common injuries which plague tennis enthusiasts, traumatic injuries and overuse injuries, caused by stress on the muscle, joint or soft tissue. These include, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), bursistis of the elbow, rotator cuff, shoulder and wrist tendonitis.
Wonderweight can be an invaluable tool for the tennis athlete. It can help in both the prevention of such injuries before and rehabilitation after an injury has occurred.
STRETCHING AND WARM UP
Stretching is a must for the calves, the hip muscles, the quadriceps, the hamstrings, the shoulder rotator cuff, the forearm of the elbow, these are the highlighted areas to stretch. It's good to stretch before and after you play both as a warm up and a cool down. Wonderweight is an excellent addition to a warm up as it targets the Rotator Cuff muscles but can also strengthen the core structure helping with balance and co-ordination.
Balance drills such as single leg balance, eyes open, eyes closed, using Wonderweight is good. Balancing with a Wonderweight in your hand on a balance board or Swiss ball is great. Add in some hand-eye coordination exercises to this such as bouncing and catching a tennis ball in a standing position, or catching one you have to move to or run to catch would be a higher level exercise or activity.
Of course if you are nursing an injury to the elbow or shoulder, consider a using Light Wonderweight. This helps heal the muscles by gently activating them without impact, enough to bring the blood flow into the muscle groups without over exertion.
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