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Author Seijas Albir, Guillermo, author.

Title Anatomy and essential stretching exercises for tennis : and other racket sports, including paddleball, squash, and badminton / text, Guillermo Seijas ; scientific review, Prof. Victor Götzens ; illustrations: Myriam Ferrón.

Publication Info. Hauppage, NY : Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 2017.

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  796.3422 ANATOMY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition for the United Sttates, its territories and dependencies, and Canada.
Description 152 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language Translated from the Spanish.
Summary "Find 100 stretches that will take your racket game to a whole new level. From the occasional tennis player to the high-performance athlete, everyone can benefit from knowledge about biomechanics, ergonomics, stretching techniques, and more. Discover guidelines and advice designed to help tennis players, as well as paddleball, squash, and badminton enthusiasts improve their safety and performance. Beginners and advanced players will find: Instructions on choosing the right racket to fit your specific needs for greater comfort and performance; Knowledge about the biomechanics of racket sports, including the anatomical descriptions of the muscle groups involved; 88 specific stretches to help players achieve optimal performance; 12 dynamic warm-up stretches to delay the onset of muscle fatigue and avoid discomfort due to prolonged playing; The basic history and evolution of tennis and other racket sports, and more. Includes detailed explanations, full color photographs and illustrations, step-by-step descriptions of each exercise and technique and its impact on anatomy. Tennis players and racket enthusiasts will be glad they learned how to improve form—and reach new performance heights—with every serve, volley, and passing shot."-- Publisher's website.
Subject Stretching exercises.
Tennis.
Racket games.
Anatomy.
Anatomy. (OCoLC)fst00808440
Racket games. (OCoLC)fst01086675
Stretching exercises. (OCoLC)fst01134994
Tennis. (OCoLC)fst01147615
Added Author Götzens García, Víctor, science editor.
Ferrón, Miriam, illustrator.
Added Title Anatomía & 100 estiramientos esenciales para tenis. English
Anatomy and essential stretching exercises for tennis
Cover Title Anatomy & 100 stretching exercises for tennis
Added Title Anatomy and one hundred stretching exercises for tennis
ISBN 9781438009698
1438009690
Standard No. 9781438009698
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