I've played recreational tennis every weekend for 20 years. I never served normally, overhand. I serve underhand, save energy. Recently I learned to serve overhand, normally. I played for 1 hour. After 1 hour, my frame practically collapsed. I was hunching back home. My back hurts, my lower back hurts. I was in bed for a day before I can get vertical.
Then I remembered something, something I overlooked in my childhood. Once, a long time ago, I looked at an Arnold Schwarzenegger exercise book in the library. As a child, you have a childish mind, and you are impressed with weights and stuff. I saw an exercise that uses a broomstick. I never paid attention to it. A broomstick didn't seem impressive. I never incorporated that exercise in my "regimen".
That exercise is so vital for tennis, especially the serve, for the back muscles. Here it is.
From time: 48:10 - 50:25
Try not to giggle, this is a seriously useful exercise.
Then I remembered something, something I overlooked in my childhood. Once, a long time ago, I looked at an Arnold Schwarzenegger exercise book in the library. As a child, you have a childish mind, and you are impressed with weights and stuff. I saw an exercise that uses a broomstick. I never paid attention to it. A broomstick didn't seem impressive. I never incorporated that exercise in my "regimen".
That exercise is so vital for tennis, especially the serve, for the back muscles. Here it is.
Try not to giggle, this is a seriously useful exercise.
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