Fit for Tennis – Fit for Life!©
By LaRue E. Cook, BS, MHA, JD, CPT
Overall fitness is comprised of five components (muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular conditioning, body composition, and flexibility). Each of these components has its importance in your fitness for tennis, and for your everyday life! No matter what level of tennis you currently play, including each of these components in your off-court preparations will help you better enjoy the game, and remain injury free. So, let's get started, by taking a look at the first component – muscular strength.
Tennis is an impact game! Each time you hit a stroke, or run for the ball, your body is absorbing serious impact and exerting force. This requires upper and lower body strength. To improve this component of fitness, include strength training in your workouts. Equipment such as free weights, medicine balls, bands, tubes and body weight can be used. Your training can be in the gym, at home or on the court.
In my next segment, I'll look at a few specific exercises for improving your tennis-specific strength.
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Roland Garros To Pay Equal Champions Check
Inequity Exists In Total Prize Money
By Richard Pagliaro
Roland Garros is growing and so is its prize money. The French Open will begin on Sunday, May 28 and will be contested over 15 days, rather than the traditional two weeks, concluding on Sunday, June 11. The event will award a champion's check of $1.13 million to both the men's and women's winners, joining the Australian Open and U.S. Open in paying equal prize money to champions, however Roland Garros will not pay equal prize money to all men and women.
Total prize money for the clay-court major will be $17.21 million.
WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott commended the French Tennis Federation for paying equal prize money to French Open tournament champions, but criticized the tournament for the prize money inequity that still exists for the other women singles and doubles players in the draw.
"The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour is encouraged by Roland Garros' increase in prize money and we applaud the decision to award equal prize money to the women's winner," Scott said in a statement. "That said, this move should not be allowed to distract from the fact that in the 21st century it is simply indefensible that 127 women's singles competitors and an equal number of women's doubles players in a Grand Slam tournament should be receiving considerably less prize money than their male counterparts..."
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Do It Tennis Play Test: Volkl DNX 10
Tested By: Hans Paino
Let's get right to the point: Volkl is back and the DNX 10 is a sure winner.
For players who abandoned the Volkl line because of disappointing entrants the last year or two, you will want to give the DNX 10 and its sister racquets (DNX 3, DNX V1, DNX 8) a fresh look - Volkl has definitely made some noticeable improvements. I have been a Volkl guy in the past, playing first with the Volkl Tour 10 Mid Plus and then the Volkl Tour 10 V-Engine Mid Plus, so I have some background with this brand. When I initially got hold of the DNX 10, the first thing that struck me were its good, clean looks; I could tell this racquet meant business. When I picked it up for the first time I had a strong feeling that Volkl had come out with a solid player racquet. And when I first started hitting with it, I knew for sure this would be one of the best racquets of its class.
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