Flexibility
Yoga improves full-body flexibility, allowing tennis players to move freely and efficiently on court.
It lengthens tight muscles in the hips, hamstrings, shoulders, and spine while maintaining joint stability.
Greater flexibility enables wider reach, smoother rotation, and powerful strokes with a lower risk of injury.
Flexibility
This flexibility routine gently opens up the shoulders and chest to counter tightness from repetitive movement and poor posture. Deep stretches for the hamstrings and calves improve stride length, balance, and lower-body efficiency. Hip and inner-thigh work enhances mobility and stability, allowing smoother rotation and wider range of motion. Together, these stretches help the body move freely, reduce injury risk, and support fluid, athletic movement.
Different Asana's focusing on the shoulders, chest, hamstrings, calves, hip and inner thighs.
Downward Facing Dog [Adho Mukha Svanasana]
Stretches the shoulders, hamstrings, and calves, and also lengthening the backs of the legs all the way down to the intrinsic muscles of the feet.
Release tightness in the upper spine
Promoting full-body flexibility essential for powerful serves and swift movements on the court.
Pigeon Pose (Kapotasana)
Deep stretch for the hips.
Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II)
Pose enhances hip flexibility, crucial for quick lateral movements on the court.creating length in the inner thigh while strengthening the outer hip, quadriceps, buttocks, and lower leg.
Garland Pose (Malasana)
Opens up the hips, inner thighs, and groin area – essential for lateral movement. Releases tension in the lower back area.
Camel Pose (Ustrasana)
Deep backbend that opens the chest and hip flexors.