Playing additional sports may lead to reduced tennis injuries

[snoopy]

Playing for Fun Could Reduce Sports Injuries

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2013/0...etic-injuries/

[LeeD]

Ya dink?
Maybe rather than play tennis only, for 9 hours a day, 6 days a week, a developing player should consider basketball, soccer, and air hockey/table tennis?

[President]

Originally Posted by LeeD

Ya dink?
Maybe rather than play tennis only, for 9 hours a day, 6 days a week, a developing player should consider basketball, soccer, and air hockey/table tennis?

Baseball/football would help a lot with developing a natural throwing motion.

[slowfox]

How about tap dancing for footwork?

[LeeD]

Basketball and soccer for footwork.

[Veninga]

chess for your gameplan...?

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Snowboarding for quads and core strength/stamina.

[floridatennisdude]

Originally Posted by snoopy

Playing for Fun Could Reduce Sports Injuries

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2013/0...etic-injuries/

This article is a big DUHHHH. Repetitive use injuries are easiest to avoid by cross training. Nothing new here.

[SystemicAnomaly]

Originally Posted by President

Baseball/football would help a lot with developing a natural throwing motion.

That natural throwing motion is best developed when one is much younger. Then again, it does not necessarily transfer. I have always thrown a ball much better with my right arm than my left. OTOH, my lefty tennis serve is much better than my righty serve. Throwing a tennis racket is somewhat different than throwing a ball.

[floridatennisdude]

Originally Posted by SystemicAnomaly

That natural throwing motion is best developed when one is much younger. Then again, it does not necessarily transfer. I have always thrown a ball much better with my right arm than my left. OTOH, my lefty tennis serve is much better than my righty serve. Throwing a tennis racket is somewhat different than throwing a ball.

I find that I throw a football or baseball much further than I throw my tennis racket.