Pickleball

Pickleball Performance Warm-Up

Increasingly, specific sports are blamed for injuries when those sports may actually be helping the athlete postpone an ailment for weeks, months or years. These exercises are designed to help problem areas in your sport so you can have less pain and boost your performance. 

DISCLAIMER:

1. These stretches are not designed to be medical advice. First consult a medical professional to ensure you don’t have an issue that requires medical attention (ie. break, infection, tumor, tear or organ involvement.) 

2. If any of the stretches cause pain, stop doing it and move on to the next one.

1. Use the exercises both before and after your activity. If any stretch causes discomfort, skip that stretch for now and reintroduce it later. 

2. On days that you are not playing your sport, use the daily warm-up exercises to stay feeling young and active.

Do These - Takes 3 Mins

HOW: CIRCLE FOOT CLOCKWISE. THEN CIRCLE FOOT COUNTERCLOCKWISE. KEEP KNEE STILL SO MOVEMENT COMES FROM ANKLE. REPEAT ON OTHER LEG. THEN FLEX FOOT UP AND DOWN.

HOW: TURN YOUR TRUNK RIGHT AND LEFT TO ALLOW YOUR RELAXED ARMS TO SWING SIDE TO SIDE AROUND YOUR BODY, IMAGINING WATER FLINGING OFF YOUR FINGERS.

HOW: FOCUS ON ROTATING YOUR KNEE INWARD AND OUTWARD, TO GET ROTATION THROUGH THE HIP.

HOW: CLASP HANDS OVERHEAD, POINTING TO THE SKY. LOOK UP. ARCH BACK AND PUSH BELLY FORWARD.

HOW: WITH STRAIGHT ARMS, HINGE AT YOUR HIPS, PRESSING BELLY TOWARD THE GROUND SO AS TO CREATE A TABLETOP WITH YOUR BACK. NOW WITH VARIOUS FOOT POSITIONS, FIRST PIGEON-TOED, HOLD POSITION. THEN DUCK-TOED. THEN FEET LINED UP.