i’m 19 i played a year of college tennis and currently i’m coaching for high school. On saturdays we (me and the head coach) open the courts and let the kids play sets and have a practice that is pretty much only fun and not so much work so the kids can really learn to love the sport. anyways i woke up at 7 today and started hitting at 8 with my little brother then i went and rallied with a few other groups so i could help them out a little bit. I then played one of the high school kids in singles and i played pretty hard and i felt great. Then i took about a 10 minute rest and had some gatorade then another one of the kids wanted to play me in a set and even though i was a little tired i agreed. We played and played and it was much closer than it should have been. the whole time my legs started hurting and i have never been that slow in a match before. i finished the set around 12:40 then i went home, showered, then napped for a few hours. Now my knees are hurting in the joints and they have never hurt like this before. my elbow also hurts in the joint but it has been hurt a few times.
why do i hurt like this?
i played on hard court
i use nsix one 90 (this is why my elbow hurts i am pretty sure)
the weather was perfect probably about 70 or 80 degrees fereinheit
i wasn’t running more than usual and i stretched well before.
i hit with luxilon.

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im going to bootcamp for college tennis and im super nervous! we have a huge pt things we have to past the first day and i need my legs and arms to be super strong. i was wondering if anyone had any great exercises that can help me get stronger in these next three weeks before camp.

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Okay, I was just wondering something,

I’m thinking of limiting my non-Tennis excercise to low impact (but still vigorous) cardio exercises like cycling and nordic track (or whatever they call that one machine), mainly to avoid putting excess stress on my knees and shins, since I have to run around a lot when on the court.

Is this a good plan, these non-running exercises still serve to build and maintain endurance.

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my mom is a very supersticious person and believes almost everything is spiritual.i have had tennis elbow for 8 weeks. she said it is because i disrespect her and her anscetors are punishing me or something like that. my elbow has gooten alot better but i just got into an argument with her about taking my stuff without me knowing and giving it to my brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. she said she’s mad at me so she will never let me heal.

also my goal is to become a college tennis player and i am almost there. she says luck is the most important thing and i don’t have it. i won’t make it, because of my size and god won’t allow it.

this is really getting to my head. help?

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