10 Kettlebell Exercises For A Tennis Players Strength Workouts

Tennis players need endless repetitions on the court to make their technique floorless, not only do they need exceellent technique but they also need to deal with the physical demands of the sport with a well rounded physique.

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Sean Klein
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Sean Klein
Published on
16/05/22
Last updated
12/01/23
In This Resource
  • 10 Kettlebell Exercises For Tennis Players Strength Workouts
  • Common Questions
  • Is Kettlebell Training Good For Tennis?
  • What Kettlebells Exercises And Workout Should You Do For Tennis?
  • What Muscles Should Tennis Players Workouts?

This means physical strength from resistance training, including with kettlebells, will be beneficial to all tennis players for both improved performance (with deminishing returns) and injury mitigation. A well structured and correctly executed strength and conditioning programme will be extremely beenficial to anyone who takes their tennis seriously.

Here are a variety of kettlebell exercises that can be included in this balanced strength and conditioning workout programme. Each exercises serves a different purpose for improving performance for a tennis player.

10 Kettlebell Exercises For Tennis Players Strength Workouts

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Secondary
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Vertical Press
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Trunk
Rotation
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Horizontal Press
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Upper Body
Horizontal Pull
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Resisting Rotation
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Lower Body
Hinge
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Upper Body
Horizontal Press
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Lower Body
Squat
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Lower Body
Hinge
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Core
Trunk
Rotation

Common Questions

Is Kettlebell Training Good For Tennis?

Yes. They can be used to acheive multiple physical goals like improving shoulder strability and strength to increasing movement capacity. They should be part of a well strucutred and balanced training regime to improve tennis performance.

What Kettlebells Exercises And Workout Should You Do For Tennis?

A wide variety of exercises within the fundamental movement patterns should be used to create a strong robust body thats able to deal with the repetitious nature of tennis. That being said adding in some specific rotation work can be great for tennis players.

What Muscles Should Tennis Players Workouts?

Tennis players shouldn’t put emphasis on which muscles they are working but rather try and improve full body strength and training the body as one system as it’s this complex system which plays the sport, not a specifc muscle groups.

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This resource was written by Sean Klein. Sean Richard Klein has thousands of hours of coaching experience and a BSc in Sports Science with Management from Loughborough University. He owns a gym in Bayonne France, CrossFit Essor, which runs group classes and a Personal training studio.

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