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With Maria Kirilenko doing so well at the French Open this year it seemed fitting to share this analysis of her in a defensive situation on the backhand.
Maria Kirilenko (Photo credit: Carine06)
As with many tennis players Maria has had a fair share of injuries and even in this image sequence she wears a knee bandage/support. The question for me is why has her body got to this point? Of course there will be injuries but optimizing the body to perform the actions that are required can drastically reduce the injury potential whilst maximizing the output.
Only a few minutes ago Maria called the trainer for a lower back issue in the first set of her match with Azarenka. Commentators also mentioned that yesterday she had a shoulder issue. Coupling this with a possible knee problem in this analysis the question inflates to whether these are isolated injuries are they in fact interlinked and the injury is just moving around the body as one is addressed?
I believe it is that later and that to truly solve Maria’s issues the body function must be considered as a global entity and that areas of limited movement and/or dysfunctional posture will impact the possibilities at other joints in the system.
This could mean, for example, that poor hip function could lead to a rotator cuff injury as the shoulder works harder to achieve the output than it needs to.
As I have eluded to in past posts all performance process (tech,tact, phys,ment) are linked and influence each other. Therefore all must be considered in analysis although assumptions maybe made it is closer to the truth if all are considered.
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In the analysis I include some training exercises related to the areas that have been considered aimed at developing the patterns and enhancing performance. It must be said that the exercises alone will serve this purpose although it is important to understand , as in the case of Maria Kirilenko, that the function of the body and the adopted postures must not carry limitations and the transmissions of forces are efficient and seamless. I suggest and recommend that this is addressed prior to implementing any training program.
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I hope you enjoy the analysis and please contact me if you are interested further or have any questions.
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the Tennis Engineeer
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