How to Use Hips for Power in Tennis Serves and Golf Drives | Advice from a Physical Therapist

Описание: Do you want to increase the speed of your serves or drives?

Do you have tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, or low back pain that keeps returning and you are not sure what to do about it?

This tip could get you back into the game as a stronger player without the pain!

Listen to the video and comment “ME” if you have ever had these issues.


We discussed on an earlier video the importance of rotation in your thoracic spine (mid back). I hope you have been working on that!

We also know our core needs to stabilize our lumbar spine (low back).

Our pelvis and our hips are the most important place for power and velocity.

In short, we have local muscles and global muscles. Most people work really hard on their global muscles because they are taught these in exercise classes and toned global muscles will give you the visual appeal you're looking for. It's great to work on global muscles- I like how they look too! However, for athletes, we need to make sure we have a good balance with strength and endurance in our local muscles as well!

Our local muscles control movement of our spine by providing stabilization and they also help us a lot with creating power, velocity and rotation from our hips. We need not only strength in local muscles, but endurance as well.

I’m going to show you one exercise today that I feel is THE most important in the hip to help with all 3 of these things. (S/L hip abduction in extension – talk about the importance of form, engaging your brain with the muscle, and slow and controlled form.)

This is not the easiest or most challenging position for this exercise. Try it and comment below if you feel a burn in the back pocket while you do this exercise. If it is too easy or too difficult, let me know and I’ll message you how to modify it!

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​Ginger Morrissey is one of Charlotte’s leading physical therapists who helps people in their 30’s – 60’s get back to working out, running, and playing tennis without pain medication, injections, or surgery.

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