Thursday, February 10, 2011

Rest... Don't forget to Rest!

Rest Day

Do you ever take a break? Are you the kind of tennis player that is on court 6 or 7 days out of the week? You might be surprised at how much better you would play if you forced yourself to take at least two days off every week. Your body needs rest. Playing tennis and working out in the gym are things you have to do if you want to improve, but the body rebuilds itself on rest days. If you never take a rest day you are not giving your body the opportunity to completely heal.

Look forward to your rest days. If you really can't bear not practicing watch film, read up on tennis strategy in a book or on the web, or catch up with tennis news. To completely maximize your rest day try and get at least 8 hours of sleep the night before (which you should be striving to do every day anyways) and try to go to bed early the day of. You'll feel like a million dollars when you wake up and be able to put forth 110% effort.

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