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squat
If you’ve followed me for some time, you know I’m a big proponent of squatting — and really, any scalable lower-body strength exercise — for tennis players.
That includes both bilateral lifts (like the back and front squats) and unilateral or quasi-unilateral variations such as the split-squat, lunge, and skater squat.
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again - the most specific form of training for tennis is playing tennis! Thus, tennis training - which includes on-court drills, live ball hitting, practice sets (and even tournament matches) - is the truest form of ‘sport-specific physical training’ for tennis.
So if you hear someone talk about ‘sport-specific training’ and they’re jumping on a bosu ball, performing shadow swings on the beach or some other random exercise, that is NOT sport specificity.
