Keeping yourself healthy is always important- and if you’re wanting to do good in tennis, keeping your muscles healthy is one of the most important things you do. Before you go pulling a hamstring in your next match, take a look at these stretching tips. 

Stretching Your Legs

Your legs are crucial in tennis, when you need to move quickly to catch the strike. Quad stretches are a great way to start out, where you just hold your foot behind your back and alternate legs. This can stretch your muscles out, and help you be ready for action. When you’re done with quads, check out lateral lunges. These lunges are dynamic, which means they involve a simple movement to make sure that everything is in tip-top shape. 

Working Your Core

Keeping your balance is really important in the middle of a match, and it just wouldn’t do to trip and fall. These core stretches can help you save face on the court and win your match. For your next match, check out star abs or crunches, both of which can help strengthen your core and refine your technique. 

Arm Workout

Tennis is an arm-heavy sport, which makes it vastly accessible where others aren’t. But you need to stretch your arms just as you’d stretch any other part of your body- and you definitely need to warm up before you start swinging a racket around! Before your next match, take a look at arm circles. This is another dynamic way of stretching, and usually done with your arms straight out to either side (your full wingspan) and spinning them in small circles.