what muscles do you use when you do a forehand in tennis?
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depends, but forearm if using a western grip and producing topspin. this is the most likely case now because it is the most common stroke taught in tennis classes (instead of a continental or eastern forehand). however, to make it stronger the best thing to do is hold a free weight (1-hand dumb bell) in your right or left hand with your palm up. then twist your wrist upwards to stretch the "top" of the forearm.
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1 biceps and triceps,biceps bends the arm and triceps strait it.\n2 flexors muscles and extensor muscles of the forearm,flexors bends the finguers and extensors straiten them.\n3 biceps femoris and cuadriceps,biceps femoris bens the leg and cuadriceps extend it.
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Your preswing routine is very important.  You have to set up correctly to have a chance to hit a good shot.  \nPreswing - grip, stance, and aim at target - check out these articles\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/setup/index.cfm\n\n\nSwing tips several from golf pros's - look at pictures\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/index.cfm\n\nLeft handed golfers info articles for left handed\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/features/lefties/index.cfm
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I am a tennis player and when stretching after a workout you should do static stretches and hold them for 20-30 seconds. Also before working out you should do a dynamic workout (where you are moving not standing still). If you want to know some dynamic stretches email me and i will see if i can find some online for you
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First you must practice the ball toss. Before even using your racquet, just throw the ball up at about 1 o'clock in front of you. Make sure the toss is high and accurate and u point to it the whole time, with ur other hand held behind your head. \n    After doing this for a while, now take the hand that was behind your head and try and follow through and catch the ball.  \n    After doing this for a while, now pick up your racquet.\nGo against a high fence or wall and once again begin throwing the ball up while pointing to it. Try and follow through with your racquet and catch the ball againts this high fence or wall.\n    Now you are ready to start serving on the court. Use these same forms that you used practing the ball toss. Make sure you are following through every time and the face of your racquet is pointing at the box you are serving to. Practice serves from each side of the court. Hit them slow and steady for now, just making sure they get in for the next couple months.\n**Grip--- In order to get the correct grip, turn your racquet on its side so that the non-string side is facing up. Put your hand on the racquet so that it is directly in between your thumb and pointer finger. It may feel wierd for the first couple days but eventually you will get used to it, and it is the only effective way to hit a powerful or slice serve later on when you get good at serving.\n\nGOOD LUCK, These things all worked for me and now I'm one of the best servers on my school tennis team.
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i'm not very good at underhand serving so i could offer a little tips on the overhand serve.  r u a male or female? \n \n1) don't use ur fist to overhand serve.  that might seem easier to give the power but that's not good cuz u can't control ur serve.\n\n2) a good friend of mine who plays very well always says to keep ur fingers close when serving.  that gives a good floater (a ball that has no spins causing a floating action that could drift off the direction sometimes) if done correctly.  but for me, i like it w/ my hand wide open.  if u get used to and good at it, u can also serve floaters w/ hand wide opened.  so that i guess it's up to u, whichever u feel more comfortable with.\n\n3) toss the ball in front of u, not rite above ur head or behind.  tossing is very important actually.  no need to toss too high.  grab the ball w/ ur serving hand and extend up, just slightly in front of u, but parallel to ur serving shoulder, that should be that point where u hit the ball.\n\n4) do not bend ur elbow.  at the point where u contact with the ball, ur arm should be straight, reaching for it. (pretty much the highest point of ur swing)  u r not hitting it rite by ur ears.\n\n5) follow thru ur arm swing.  some ppl stop rite after hitting the ball w/o following thru.  that might work, but follow thru will give more power.\n\n6) snap ur wrist.  that doesn't mean to hit the ball down.  ur wrist should be snapping down along w/ ur follow thru, that will give the ball a nice projectile.  some ppl snap it hard enough to give a lot of spin on the ball.  but please, don't break ur wrist!\n\nif u r male, u should hav enough arm strength the serve the ball over, so what u need to concentrate on is how ur palm contact the ball. also depend on ur height.  if u r really tall, u don't wanna hit too bottom of the ball to give a high serve.  (unless u mean to do it.)  if u r shorter, then hit it more bottom.  i'm guess between the horizon line to it's 45 degree down is good.  (bottom doesn't mean right under.)\n\nlook at where u r serving to, imagine the line of how u want ur ball goes.  then look at where ur hand is when making contact to the ball.\n\nthat works for female too, but a lot of female when they start overhand serve, they don't hav enough strength.  one of the things they r missing is, using their body to help.  this is how i started learning overhand serve in junior high (i served sideway and round house b4 that):  1st, say if u serve w/ ur right hand, the ready position will be, ur right leg in the back, left leg front, put the weight on ur right leg.  as u toss and hit the ball, u r also changing ur weight from ur right leg to ur left, so u r like walking forward.  u r actually throwing ur right side body to the front, ur right hand is only use to hit the ball, where the power is actually coming from ur body.\n\nHIT the ball, not pushing it.\n\nlastly, of cuz, a lot of practise!  =P\n\noh yeah, as u r serving, think of it: "SMACK IT LIKE IT JUST SMACKED U!!"\n\nthis is only my 2 cents, and everyone is different.  to be correct is important, but to be good at what u've got is even better.  i'm not very good in explaining in words, but i hope this will help.
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I think you will find that the better players universally use the Continental or Eastern backhand grip for producing topspin or sidespin. Beginners mostly prefer an eastern forehand or even western or semi-western, but the spin they produce is usually backspin--so, I'm not including this as an option.\nThe reason the Continental or more extreme (in counterclockwise direction) grip is used is to allow your forearm to turn (pronate), which allows you to brush up and across the ball, or in the case of a slice serve, to brush mostly across the ball. This action is extremely difficult with a forehand grip, and I have never seen a pro recommend that grip for any player who has high aspirations.
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If you use a single handed grip then I guess you just slice it back crosscourt, and make your opponent come over the baseline to get it. (I'm not really the person to ask on that one)\n\nIf however, you are like me and play a double-handed backhand then make sure you are well prepared, and play a topspin shot down the line short, or crosscourt deep. Make sure you roll it over and do not hit the net or put the shot out. It is better to return a horribly short return than to put it out, as at least you have a chance.\n\nNOTE: If your opponent has a particularly good and fast  serve, then make sure you get it deep and crosscourt.\n\nAlso, if they are playing serve and volley, hit is down the line low and hard, making sure you don't pull the shot out.\n\nHope this helps, and hope your not a beginner, or this will seem like jargon.
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Doesn't matter.  The power you get from a racket depends entirely on the tension of your string - the lower the tension, the more power you will have
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A top spin stroke should clear the net by 4-5 feet.  If you are hitting it into the net, try changing:\n1) your grip - rotate from an extreme western to a western grip (panel 3)\n2) your backswing - take the racquet down low on your backswing.  It should be almost touching the ground.  Then lift up on your stroke and end up high.  This lift will carry the ball over the net.
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Hi there,\n\nI've included two links.  One that has a 'raquet selector' tool on it, plus some good articles on how to find the right racquet.  Personnally, I always tell people to look for 2 things - good grip size (remembering that you can increase the grip size, but can't decrese it) and racquet weight - too heavy will slow you down, too light will cause you to swing to early.  Ideally the best way to determine the right one is to use it on the court and try it out.\n\nCheers,\nMatt
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What they are trying to tell you is to continue your stroke path so you maintain a full follow through.  This is important so as to maintain control and depth on your groundstrokes.  Otherwise your ball won't have the correct rotaion and will lack "bite" which would include topspin.  If you want to apply topspin look into proper grips, then step into the direction of your shot, imagine hitting through three balls in a line as you brush up the back of the ball and finish the shot with your racket over/around your opposite shoulder.  If you follow what I said intently you will be hitting topspin in no time.  Or go out to your public tennis courts and stop and watch the best player you can find.  You will see how its done and they might even be willing to show you if you are polite about it.  Hope this helps.
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I did something similar to that. make sure you stretch those muscles before your next practice like mad, and once you play more you'll be less prone to hurting it. Also, you may want to modify your serving technique. If you're bending too much to one side or the other, it can really hurt you. Ask your coach about it.
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The best thing for you to do is obviously hit  a ton of balls.  Practice your serve as much or more then you do other strokes.  It has become a game of serving and returns because of the advances it racket tech.  \n        Try and play USTA tournaments in your section as often as you can.  At a minimum one each month.  Matches are key.  If you do that you will find yourself feeling less pressure then you do  when playing for your high school.  \n         Matches are also the best way to identify what you have to work on.   Do some off court training as well.  Jumping rope, sit ups , push ups.  If possible take a private lesson every once in a while.  When you take your lesson , know going into it what you would like to work on going into your lesson.  Not only practice your weak areas , but work on your strengths also so you can develop a few weapons.  The best ones are as I said before Serve, return of serve.  Make your footwork a priority . of you are quick it is a major help.  Big forehands once you get into a rally are important.
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A lot of sprints that do not go that far, but you have to stop and start a lot. You can run the lines on the court.  Jump Rope . It is a great way to get light on your toes and improve your endurance.  Do some sprints that have you change direction, kind of like you do when you are playing a match.  One is called the Star run.  There is a coach who works with a lot of the top players named Pat Etcherberry.  He has written a few books on just tennis specific exercises , they include a ton of footwork drills.  He is the best.  You can do most of them by yourself.  Go to Amazon and pick one up or try your local bookstore.
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Tightly grasping a tennis ball is a great way to build strength in your hands. Another way used -- especially by my high school basketball coach -- is to do fingertip pushups. Holding yourself in the pushup position perched on your fingertips. Both of these are great exercises for building strength in your hands (increasing the strength of your grip).
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1. Semi Western or Western grip.  Those are the two grips that allow you to hit top spin.  2. Bending your knees.  By doing this it allows you to explode up into the ball.  So your body is going up the same way your raquet is.