mini tennis warm up good or bad?

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

Lately ... I wonder if a long walk might be a better pre-match than the treadmill or pre-match stretching. I am trying to remember to stretch after matches.

Walking won't target all of the key areas. Neither will the treadmill. Either are better than nothing, though. I think a targeted set of dynamic stretches pre-match is optimal.

And post-match stretching is great also.

 

[ByeByePoly]

Walking won't target all of the key areas. Neither will the treadmill. Either are better than nothing, though. I think a targeted set of dynamic stretches pre-match is optimal.

And post-match stretching is great also.

I watched @ChaelAZ 's dynamic stretch videos in senior lounge. Holy cr@p ... if I did all those I would be done. Just go home. I was thinking about my summer tennis. I played 5-6 guys regularly ... ages 41 to 69. I was trying to remember if I saw anyone stretch ... regular or dynamic. I can't remember any. I rather doubt they do anything before they show up to the court. They all pretty much play many times a week. I actually think that helps when you get older ... keeps you stretched out to some degree. I also don't remember much stretching in my club doubles leagues. You would find a couple on the exercise bikes on Sat morning before indoor doubles court time.

I am definitely going to add the exercise where you swing the leg forward and back for the hamstring. That is ... after hamstring can take it.

 

[zalive]

Older tennis players stretch at lower volleys, sometimes on drop shots quite dynamic, too!

 

[zalive]

I found out something interesting when I started light hits after 2 months off from TE. I immediately went to mini tennis ... thinking it would be the best way to start. FHs hurt quite a bit. FH volleys even worse. I was about to bag it and just go home ... but decided to take some full swings from the baseline. On that first swing, I expected pain. Surprisingly, the discomfort was minimal on full swings unless I mishit ( don't want to hit near tip with TE ... not good). My takeaway is you actually may be getting more arm/wrist/elbow impact from the block/non-full swings.

Hey, even measurements say poly is especially stiff at low RHS, stiffer than on higher.

Basically, we know everything. The way to hit with poly (or generally) is with high RHS, clean and relaxed contact without accelerating through the contact. And to have this all it means you have to have a decent swing path (contact as much in front of you as possible), fast swing and good RHS reached prior to contact, only then you can relax your arm throught the contact. Then it's racquet itself which hits the ball and you will feel it like this, like your racquet hitting the ball rather than you.

 

[ByeByePoly]

Hey, even measurements say poly is especially stiff at low RHS, stiffer than on higher.

Basically, we know everything. The way to hit with poly (or generally) is with high RHS, clean and relaxed contact without accelerating through the contact. And to have this all it means you have to have a decent swing path (contact as much in front of you as possible), fast swing and good RHS reached prior to contact, only then you can relax your arm throught the contact. Then it's racquet itself which hits the ball and you will feel it like this, like your racquet hitting the ball rather than you.

All while mini-ing

 

[ByeByePoly]

Older tennis players stretch at lower volleys, sometimes on drop shots quite dynamic, too!

Hey ... you hitting us with age slamming?

 

[ByeByePoly]

I think that pros or people that play just about everyday for a living prolly don't need as much stroke warm up.
For me I have to kind of re-learn my strokes if I play once a week.

Hey ... this detente mini tennis thing has potential. I was hitting with a friend this morning who also hates mini tennis. Our problem is we have a mutual friend who loves it. The other problem is this mutual friend is a MUCH better person than we are, so we feel obligated to mini with him.

By chance ... the courts we hit on today had those ******* blue kiddie lines, so there was a line right between the service line and the baseline. I tell my friend ... "hey, let's warm up a few minutes from the ******* blue lines". He looks confused, because he knows I hate me some mini just like he does. < insert explanation of mini ttw debates >. He got it immediately ... yeah, let's find out if that is less like the service line mini root canal. Not only was it better, I would say it's actually pretty nice. I can hit soft, controlled warm up strokes from the baseline, but this made it easier. The strokes weren't "fake news" strokes, they were real strokes. Just nice, relaxed casual full strokes. Also ... have you ever played with the guy that can't seem to get one ball in during warm up ... but plays like Nadal during the match. It's going to be a lot harder to "fake" not getting the ball in from the blue line (going to have to use your imagination on courts without the blue line).

DETENTE!!!!! If you aren't willing to move back two steps during our mini, I'm not moving two steps forward. Don't be a total D|CK.