How did I get on when trying out the training exercise in the US Open’s video?
The US Open Tennis Championships posted a video of Maria Sharapova on their facebook page 1 doing a resistance band type of exercise while running around cones and hitting the ball. I replied I was keen to try it and they replied tell us how you got on. This made me think about starting this blog since I’m still a professional ITF tennis player, albeit very inactive in terms of tournaments. But I exercise every day and tennis is still very much a part of my life. I love constantly thinking about tennis and fitness training. I’m always learning and adding new ideas to my training to improve my game, fitness and future tournament match play. So I’m just blogging about how I exercise, train, play and think about all things tennis. However, I wouldn’t recommend anyone do the exercises I describe because I’ve been exercising since a very early age so I have built up a fairly muscular physique (from both sport and dance training) so what suits me will not suit others. So as they sa...