To Exhale or not to Exhale: Winning or Losing the Service Point
That being true, one should research the subject, try different correspondences between deliberate breathing and other body actions, make a firm decision and then not stick with it.
I. Light research of the subject.
Assumption here is a good service motion in working order. Without that it won't much matter whether you breathe or not.
A. Breathing and pitching in baseball (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/57941576/). (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/sp...FExercise&_r=0). (http://www.nextlevelballplayer.com/p...-stephen-fife/).
B. Breathing and serving in tennis
(http://www.feeltennis.net/breathing-in-tennis/). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSPqLQ4Hz0). (https://www.usta.com/Improve-Your-Ga...219_Breathing/). (http://moderntennislessons.com/image.../articles4.pdf). (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index...-motion.60603/).
II. Different Correspondences.
For starters, breathing in while racket goes up seems a good idea. Breathing out while racket falls in cahoots with gravity seems a good idea. Breathing in while racket rises twice as fast to throw position (arm slightly bent, fingers just loosened as wrist performed radial deviation) seems a good idea.
The seeming now becomes less sure-footed. I try holding breath through folding of arm, opening wrist, taking of extra clench between the shoulderblades (SIM) and first half of the throw (sharp triceptic extension, sharp adduction of elbow, sharp external rotation from shoulder while sharply straightening wrist-- SIM). Exhalation is saved for internal upper arm rotation and anything else you are doing just then.
III. Play with the Variables.
These include wag of racket to outside at racket's low point. Know all the variables well enough to play with them, to have fun with them. Then and only then make a total design decision. Stick with it for a good while. Then and only then be willing to change it at the drop of a hat.
Note: Now and only now I'm going through the material assembled here. I found this. "Do breath-holding techniques have a place in tennis? Saviano says that when you hold your breath, your muscles tighten up and your coordination turns to mush: 'Holding your breath in tennis is a sure-fire technique for poor performance.'" This is what I mean by being willing to change. I am willing to change the design I just outlined if such change will produce better serves. Easy to test! On the other hand is a deep breath followed by brief holding of it followed by prolonged exhalation the same as just holding your breath? I doubt it. Also, one should explore the tricks from track-- try sucking in air through both mouth and snout at the same time. And puffing cheeks to keep some air in lungs for longer during the extended and relaxed exhalation. Maybe this, rather than holding big breath, is the reason that Boris Becker's and Gabriela Sabatini's faces at important times looked so incredibly weird.
Must try:
Intake during rise of racket.
Holding breath during radial deviation of hand with fingers getting loose.
Outtake from there until after contact.
That being true, one should research the subject, try different correspondences between deliberate breathing and other body actions, make a firm decision and then not stick with it.
I. Light research of the subject.
Assumption here is a good service motion in working order. Without that it won't much matter whether you breathe or not.
A. Breathing and pitching in baseball (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/57941576/). (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/sp...FExercise&_r=0). (http://www.nextlevelballplayer.com/p...-stephen-fife/).
B. Breathing and serving in tennis
(http://www.feeltennis.net/breathing-in-tennis/). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSPqLQ4Hz0). (https://www.usta.com/Improve-Your-Ga...219_Breathing/). (http://moderntennislessons.com/image.../articles4.pdf). (http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index...-motion.60603/).
II. Different Correspondences.
For starters, breathing in while racket goes up seems a good idea. Breathing out while racket falls in cahoots with gravity seems a good idea. Breathing in while racket rises twice as fast to throw position (arm slightly bent, fingers just loosened as wrist performed radial deviation) seems a good idea.
The seeming now becomes less sure-footed. I try holding breath through folding of arm, opening wrist, taking of extra clench between the shoulderblades (SIM) and first half of the throw (sharp triceptic extension, sharp adduction of elbow, sharp external rotation from shoulder while sharply straightening wrist-- SIM). Exhalation is saved for internal upper arm rotation and anything else you are doing just then.
III. Play with the Variables.
These include wag of racket to outside at racket's low point. Know all the variables well enough to play with them, to have fun with them. Then and only then make a total design decision. Stick with it for a good while. Then and only then be willing to change it at the drop of a hat.
Note: Now and only now I'm going through the material assembled here. I found this. "Do breath-holding techniques have a place in tennis? Saviano says that when you hold your breath, your muscles tighten up and your coordination turns to mush: 'Holding your breath in tennis is a sure-fire technique for poor performance.'" This is what I mean by being willing to change. I am willing to change the design I just outlined if such change will produce better serves. Easy to test! On the other hand is a deep breath followed by brief holding of it followed by prolonged exhalation the same as just holding your breath? I doubt it. Also, one should explore the tricks from track-- try sucking in air through both mouth and snout at the same time. And puffing cheeks to keep some air in lungs for longer during the extended and relaxed exhalation. Maybe this, rather than holding big breath, is the reason that Boris Becker's and Gabriela Sabatini's faces at important times looked so incredibly weird.
Must try:
Intake during rise of racket.
Holding breath during radial deviation of hand with fingers getting loose.
Outtake from there until after contact.
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