the human body blueprint

of their game. For instance, their opponent makes the sprint forwards because they have done a drop shot and after you return the ball, your opponent now has to run back towards the baseline Now, with all these physical demands on the body, let’s take a look deeper into what your body is actually doing to successfully play tennis.

Lower Body:

Tennis without a doubt trains your legs like crazy and it's for a purpose When I first tried out for my school's tennis team the tennis coach said that footwork is 90% of the game I never understood what he meant until I read this following sentence in an article by ussportscamps: “Footwork in the game of tennis is everything. Intense feet means you recover quicker, get to the next ball faster and have more time to prepare the shot.” Since those tennis balls can go flying at high speeds, being able to use your feet to get your body to where it needs to be plays a tremendous role in tennis In addition, proper use of your lower body can help generate more power in your swings. The more power, the faster you can get that ball moving and the less chance your opponent has to position their return effectively. One such way of generating power is by the use of rotation, where you pivot around a foot to use that rotational energy generated and concentrate it on the racket All this being said, not only do players use their lower body to excel their game but as well their upper body.

Upper Body:

When it comes to the upper body, muscles in your chest, shoulders and arm play a key role in the process of swinging your racket (Sportsver) Tennis players train these muscles heavily to have harder serves and hit longer shots. In fact, the medical term describing what these players train in their upper body is kinetic chain, which is “the interrelated groups of body segments, connecting joints and muscles working together to perform movements,” (Acefitness) Failure to properly train these muscles would result in increased strain during matches since sometimes tennis matches can ramp up to 2 hours or even longer since there is no time limit.

Tennis itself is a beautiful sport like many others. It’s one of those things in life that unites people and brings out the best in them. Additionally, when we see athletes like tennis players train and perform we can witness the untamed abilities of the human body to go beyond what we viewed as the limit