Have you ever considered Jumping Rope?

[HiHowAreYou]

Do it everyday

 

[bobleenov1963]

I once stayed at Sanchez Casal Tennis academy a few years ago and while I was staying there, there was a women ITF tournament going on at academy and I watched Aranxta Rus, who is currently playing Serena Williams at the W&S tournament, did jump rope for almost 20 minutes. She was doing it in many variations, just like a boxer. She is a really athlete, pretty too.

 

[shamaho]

I'm thinking about starting to jump rope but I want to have like a goal in building up the minutes of jumping. The goal is to have enough stamina to last a tough 3 setter played at a pretty advanced level. say like 5.0/5.5 level.

The goal is to have enough stamina to play the whole match like you would be able to play in the first few games of the match.

How many minutes in a row of jumping rope at a 120 skips a minute would you think that would take to reach that kind of stamina?

I'm having real trouble considering if this is a real question... like... really !?!?

Who thinks any of this is like a prescription or recipe ??

Why are you not considering the super complex issues of hydration or nutrition?? And that's before, during and after competing ?? And this varies from individual to individual....

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[mb82]

Thanks for your input. I just wanted to set a goal to work up to in minutes of jumping rope. Another way I could have asked my question:

Imagine a good 5.5 player who frequently jumps rope.... he can last 3 sets playing high level tennis without real fatigue kicking in. How many minutes do you think he can jump rope for at a minimum if he tries his best?

(The answer is obviously not 2 minutes. If he can only manage to reach 2 minutes of jumping rope at 120 skips a minute, no way he could last 3 sets without real fatigue kicking in)

so how many minutes continuously, at 120 skips a minute, do you think he can jump rope at a minimum ?

I know there's no correct answer but I just wanted to have some opinions about it. And maybe I'm just an idiot to ask that question, sorry.

 

[shamaho]

Thanks for your input. I just wanted to set a goal to work up to in minutes of jumping rope. Another way I could have asked my question:

Imagine a good 5.5 player who frequently jumps rope.... he can last 3 sets playing high level tennis without real fatigue kicking in. How many minutes do you think he can jump rope for at a minimum if he tries his best?

(The answer is obviously not 2 minutes. If he can only manage to reach 2 minutes of jumping rope at 120 skips a minute, no way he could last 3 sets without real fatigue kicking in)

so how many minutes continuously, at 120 skips a minute, do you think he can jump rope at a minimum ?

I know there's no correct answer but I just wanted to have some opinions about it. And maybe I'm just an idiot to ask that question, sorry.

Again, you are asking for a bi-directional correlation between a workload of jumping rope with lasting 3 sets of tennis (which in itself varies wildly) - when that is nearly impossible to establish.

There are soo many other variables into play, so just work up a decent amount of stamina by jumping rope - don't forget that efforts in tennis are a mix of aerobic and anaerobic - so you have to work in some HIIT...

 

[RickySpanish]

Jump rope is definitely amazing for tennis. It's absolutely less impact and stress on your body than running. I also train with heart rate monitors and NOTHING gets your heart rate higher and faster than jumping rope. In fact, it pays to slow it down a bit so you don't spend your entire session training anaerobically. I've been jumping rope since I was kid since I wrestled for many years (now in my 30s) and have had no issues with joint pain. Your calves definitely get sore, but that's about it. The important thing to remember is you shouldn't be jumping straight up and down for the entire workout. You have to mix it up and jump side to side, alternate feet, do high knees, double jumps etc. I recently picked up a set of crossropes and they are definitely the creme de la creme.

 

[ChaelAZ]

I had a speed rope and used to jump all the time. Haven't touched it in a while, but I always thought it was a great warm-up activity.