Bilateral Squat With Trunk Rotation For Tennis | Exercise 5.27
Dynamic Stretching · Book exercise 5.27
Side-stepping squat with trunk rotation to both sides.
Exercise Video
Technique Photograph
Execution
Step laterally into a bilateral squat. While holding the squat, rotate the trunk to the left and right, return to standing and repeat the sequence after stepping in the opposite direction.
Targeted Musculature
Hip adductors · Hip abductors · Piriformis · Glutes · Obliques
Purpose
Prepare lower-body movement together with controlled trunk rotation or shoulder motion before tennis practice or conditioning.
Book Technique And Related Exercises
Book difficulty: 2. This is the book’s exercise difficulty scale, not a promise that every athlete at a named experience level should perform it.
Step sideways into a squat and rotate the trunk in both directions before standing and bringing the feet together. Practice the unrotated bilateral squat first.
Continue with: Bilateral Squat and Bilateral Lunge with Trunk Rotation. These are related movements and progressions; choose them according to your training goal and ability. See the tennis conditioning book for the complete exercise guidance, and browse all dynamic stretches.
From the book: 5.27 Bilateral Squat w. Trunk Rotation