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REAL TENNIS & THE CORE TOM HUELIN (BSc) SPORTS SCIENCE THE ORATORY REAL TENNIS CLUB REAL TENNIS FITNESS www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk

COURSE OBJECTIVES TO DEFINE THE CORE AND IDENTIFY THE CORE MUSCLES TO EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION OF THE CORE MUSCLES TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE CORE IN REAL TENNIS DEMONSTRATE CORE EXERCISES FOR REAL TENNIS

WHAT IS THE CORE? WHAT YOUR LEFT WITH IF YOU REMOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS STABILIZATION OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM PROTECTION OF VITAL ORGANS

THE CORE (INNER UNIT) STABILITY MUSCLES IN THIS SYSTEM MULTIFUDUS TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES DIAPHRAGM INTERNAL OBLIQUE

THE CORE (OUTER UNIT) MOBILITY MUSCLES IN THIS SYSTEM ADDUCTORS INTERNAL OBLIQUE EXTERNAL OBLIQUE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS & MEDIUS LATISSIMUS DORSI QUADRATUS LUMBORUM HAMSTRING GROUP

FUNCTIONS OF THE CORE MUSCLES ALL MOVEMENT ORIGINATES FROM THE CORE MAINTAINS SPINAL STABILITY CONTROLS PELVIC MOVEMENT REGULATES BREATHING

BASIC MOVEMENT PATTERNS STATIC SQUAT http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/squat.htm FORWARD LUNGE http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/forward_lunge.htm TWIST (ROTATE) http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/45%20lunge.htm

CORE FUNCTION FOR REAL TENNIS BASE OF SUPPORT CENTRE OF GRAVITY INERGRATED MOVEMENTS (LUNGE AND TWIST)

EXERCISES (BEGINNER) SUPERMAN http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/superman.htm SINGLE LEG BALANCE http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/single_leg_balance_and_flexion.htm SUPINE SINGLE LEG RAISE http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/supine_single_leg_raise.htm

EXERCISES (INTERMEDIATE) FORWARD LUNGE & TWIST http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/45%20lunge.htm WOODCHOP http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/woodchop.htm PLANK http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/plank.htm

EXERCISES (ADVANCED) SINGLE LEG SQUAT JUMP http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/single_leg_squat_jump.htm SQUAT JUMP http://www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk/squat_jump.htm

CONCLUSION ALWAYS TRAIN SYSTEMATICALLY FOR MORE EXERCISES VISIT: www.realtennis-fitness.co.uk t.huelin@oratory.co.uk THANK YOU