How to Help Prevent Tennis Elbow
Learn how to prevent tennis elbow with this tennis lesson from Howcast.
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Hi, my name is Angelina Zdorovytska. Right now we're in the beautiful city of Los Angeles in Beverly Hills. I started playing tennis when I was 7 years old. I was ranked number 1 tennis player in the Ukraine. 350 in the world ranking. I run my own business; it's besttennisever.com. I train very good players. Also, I train beginners, intermediate players. Tennis is my life and my passion. I live for it and now I would like to talk to you about tennis. I'd like to explain to you how to be healthy and also how to prevent the tennis elbow. Number one, very important to have the proper racket for yourself. So buying a racket you need to have the proper grip, the racket has to have the proper balance. I personally use evenly balanced racket, it's very light, it's very good. Number two, your technique, the way you play tennis, your form. You need to move your elbow under the tennis ball and through the ball, it's very important. If you don't have the correct form, if you're gonna move the elbow from the side you might get injured. So, very important, to take the lesson when you're learning tennis it's very important to learn the proper technique and how to move your racket well and how to move your arm under the tennis ball to prevent any injuries. So number one is the racket, number two correct form and technique.
