Hang Clean To High Receive For Tennis | Exercise 6.125
Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.125
Watch the movement and use the technique notes below to interpret the demonstration.
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How To Perform The Exercise
With the bar held above the knees, hinge slightly, then extend the hips explosively and pull the bar close. Turn the elbows forward into the front rack and receive with a shallow, controlled knee and hip bend, then stand. A high receive does not mean a rigid, straight-legged catch.
Technique Cue
Use a shallow receiving bend with the elbows forward and the bar supported on the shoulders. Keep the bar close through the turnover.
Book Technique And Progression
Book difficulty: 2 (the book’s exercise rating). Choose a load suited to your experience and master the component movements first.
Use a shallow receiving bend with the elbows forward and the bar supported on the shoulders. Keep the bar close through the turnover.
Related exercises: jump shrug and upright row. Read the tennis conditioning book for the complete progression, and explore tennis workouts to combine movements.
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Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.125 Hang Clean to High Receive.