That was final session chasing PRs, thats where i am currently , going back to training now.
what did you mean by "final session chasing PR's"?
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I meant that it felt like i cant do better currently. All latest sessions had some kind of "excuse" Too cold , humidity , wet court , soreness , fucked up runups , not feeling it bla bla bla. So i kept chasing a good session, to see where my max RVJ/SVJs are. This one was perfect, felt good , coordinated , feeling all jumps as maximal etc So thats what i meant "final" session, entering a strength training cycle i expect my jumps to drop for a while...
Weight : ~187 Jumping on concrete , rim jumps at 9'10'' and 10' rims. Ideal conditions , 15 degrees+sun.
Dynamic warmup 10' Bunch of low/mid effort jumps.
1x5 SVJs : average 26+'' , max 27''
5x5 DLRVJs : average ~31+'' , max 32''
Verified that i get like 1'' higher with left hand , feels much more efortless and coordinated too. 30'' was peace of cake , 31'' was rather easy too. Got my max 32'' in many jumps, wasnt just the 1-2 great jumps you get at some sessions. 32'' ( 10'7'' ) was right there, consistency!
nice nice, keep it up.
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That was final session chasing PRs, thats where i am currently , going back to training now.
what did you mean by "final session chasing PR's"?
what muscles/exercises are best for hitting a tennis ball harder on a serve and forehands and backhands. what would the set/rep ranges be?
as far as exercises go, both forehand/backhand/serve have quite a bit of rotation, especially forehand/backhand.. rotational core strength, for example on a pulley system will definitely help. It can be done single handed (which involves more shoulder involvement) or double handed (which focuses more on the trunk).
You don't want to mimic the movement exactly, ie, actually trying to match a forehand/backhand movement with the wrist movement etc.. instead, you just want to target the general movement.
I can't find any vids on youtube, wtf?
Anyway, you can basically do woodchoppers on both sides: - high to low - low to high - neutral
You can do them one handed + forward to work horizontal adduction, or one hand + backward to work horizontal abduction.
On those exercises, you could also increase the tempo a bit to make it a bit more powerful, as long as it doesn't become some kind of tricep extension.
You could use set/rep ranges for strength endurance anywhere from 3-4x10-15.. Targeting more for strength, you could keep it to 3x5-8 or so.
Of course, just general strength, ie, chest/shoulders/upper back/lats/core/hips/legs is going to help improve those movements also, as long as you're putting in work on the tennis court it'll transfer.