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Research published in the International Tennis Federation Newsletter (Issue 43, December 2007) on stretching in professional tennis puts its recommendations firmly behind the Dynamic Flex™ Warm-Up, available exclusively from SAQ® INTERNATIONAL.

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The research, by Mark Kovacs Phd and T.J. Chandler, Ed D of Jacksonville State University, USA details the warm-up requirements of Tennis in terms of its movement demands. It is a sport requiring repeated moderate and high intensity movements involving high forces and torques. They reject the use of static stretching as a ‘correct’ means to warm tennis players up and in so doing cover much of the critical research in the field.

“Despite evidence back in the 1960s that static stretching did not improve performance in the 100 yard dash (DeVries, 1963), static stretching has been a common practice by most coaches and athletes in warm-up routines for tennis [but not if they are Licensed SAQ® Trainers – Ed]”

Perhaps in their conclusions are they most helpful:-

“For the coach, it is important to understand it is possibly a disservice to athletes to recommend or perform static stretching before training sessions. The following is important when designing your training programmes:

Static stretching within an hour of practice or competition does not improve performance and does not reduce the risk of injury in healthy athletes. However, limited or poor muscle and joint range of motion can reduce performance and increase the risk of injury.”

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