Hang Clean To Press For Tennis | Exercise 6.33
Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.33
Watch the movement, then use the book-specific cues below to check your technique.
Exercise Video
Technique Photographs
How To Perform The Exercise
Start with the bar above the knees. Drive through the legs and hips, keep the bar close and turn the elbows forward to receive it on the shoulders with a shallow knee and hip bend. Stand under control, then use a short leg drive to press overhead. Finish balanced with the bar supported above the shoulders; avoid leaning backward to complete the press.
Demonstration Notes
The clip shows the hang clean, a pause in front-rack support and the overhead drive. It finishes after lowering the bar to the shoulders; a complete return to the starting hang is not shown.
Technique Cue
Receive with a shallow knee and hip bend and the elbows forward, then establish balance before the overhead phase.
Book Technique And Progression
Book difficulty: 3 (the book’s exercise rating). Learn the component movements and choose a load suited to your technique.
Receive with a shallow knee and hip bend and the elbows forward, then establish balance before the overhead phase.
Related exercises: upright row and standing military press. See the tennis conditioning book for the full description, and browse complete tennis workouts when ready to combine movements.
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Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.33 Hang Clean to Press.