Excelling at quick movements that use your fast-twitch muscle fibers is important training for tennis players with great agility.
Scott Baxter is the CEO and founder of tennis coaching company PlayYourCourt.
Scott Baxter, CEO and founder of PlayYourCourt, adds that with agility comes strength.
The best agility training exercises, according to tennis pros
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This jump-rope workout is guaranteed to get your heart pumping:
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Jump lunges
Plyometric exercisesare great for agility.
Nate Bolling is coach and the director of content and community management at tennis training company PlayYourCourt.
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One of the main drills they do is in-and-outs.
Begin standing on the bottom left side of a ladder facing the top of the ladder.
Continue this zig-zag motion up the ladder.
Side-shuffle
Another ladder move Bolling recommends is the side-shuffle.
Start standing inside of the last ladder rung facing the right side of the ladder.
Step your left foot to the side into the next rung followed by your right foot.
Quickly continue this movement as you move your way up the ladder.
When performing lateral cones, begin with two cones nearby on the ground, one on either side.
Nate Bolling is coach and the director of content and community management at tennis training company PlayYourCourt.
The goal is to get low and touch each cone.
you might also alternate between the cones and your hands if youre by yourself.
Split-and-go
This exercise is all about sprints.
We do that with cones as well.
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