{"id":2657,"date":"2014-10-01T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2014-10-01T18:48:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T18:48:22","slug":"post-match-post-training-stretching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/post-match-post-training-stretching\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Match \/ Post Training Stretching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right after a match or training session is a very important time to stretch. \u00a0Players bodies are still warm and they increase there range of motion and flexibility, while also helping there muscles recover better. \u00a0It is normal for tennis players to get tight glutes, hip flexors and hamstrings after training. \u00a0A lot of lower back injuries are caused from tightness in these areas. \u00a0In addition, increasing the range of motion in the shoulders is very important in performance and injury prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Some important post training stretches are shown below. \u00a0They should be held for around 30 seconds. It&#8217;s good to have a MM stretch strap or MB Stretchband, but tubing can also be used and wrapped around the foot for assisted leg stretches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glute stretch<\/p>\n<p>The pigeon stretch is also very good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-HXwyAVlNYKs\/VCxIXAnzRTI\/AAAAAAAAHpE\/-fPDKwi33d8\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.29.45%2BPM.png\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-HXwyAVlNYKs%2FVCxIXAnzRTI%2FAAAAAAAAHpE%2F-fPDKwi33d8%2Fs1600%2FScreen%252BShot%252B2014-10-01%252Bat%252B2.29.45%252BPM.png&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-HXwyAVlNYKs\/VCxIXAnzRTI\/AAAAAAAAHpE\/-fPDKwi33d8\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.29.45%2BPM.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hip Flexor Stetch<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nWPSsId6DNA\/VCxJFwVhqeI\/AAAAAAAAHpM\/qVEd7Tz7IMA\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.33.25%2BPM.png\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-nWPSsId6DNA%2FVCxJFwVhqeI%2FAAAAAAAAHpM%2FqVEd7Tz7IMA%2Fs1600%2FScreen%252BShot%252B2014-10-01%252Bat%252B2.33.25%252BPM.png&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nWPSsId6DNA\/VCxJFwVhqeI\/AAAAAAAAHpM\/qVEd7Tz7IMA\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.33.25%2BPM.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sholder Stretch (sleeper stretch)<\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-n0zI2-Zlpzw\/VCxLjysEltI\/AAAAAAAAHpY\/WZJewIl-OSM\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.44.07%2BPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-n0zI2-Zlpzw%2FVCxLjysEltI%2FAAAAAAAAHpY%2FWZJewIl-OSM%2Fs1600%2FScreen%252BShot%252B2014-10-01%252Bat%252B2.44.07%252BPM.png&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-n0zI2-Zlpzw\/VCxLjysEltI\/AAAAAAAAHpY\/WZJewIl-OSM\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-10-01%2Bat%2B2.44.07%2BPM.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right after a match or training session is a very important time to stretch. \u00a0Players bodies are still warm and they increase there range of motion and flexibility, while also helping there muscles recover better. \u00a0It is normal for tennis players to get tight glutes, hip flexors and hamstrings after training. \u00a0A lot of lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions\/2658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetclub1.com\/WP1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}