9 asian tennis monthly newsletter - november 2013

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Content

Toyota AEC Championships 1

Highest ranked Asian woman ever 5

Charity with Nishikori & McEnroe 8

Wheelchair Tennis 9Beach Tennis at Zayed Sports City 11

Development Training Camp 12

AITA National Coaches Conference 13 Asian Coaches at WCC 14

Interview with Peter Lebed 14

Shoulder Injuries in Tennis 16

Asian Rankings 17

Toyota AEC Championships 2013

The Toyota AEC Championships 2013 wasconducted from 22-26 November 2013 at theLawn Tennis Association of Thailand stadium. The

ATF had decided to host the event to mark thenon inclusion of Tennis discipline in the 2013 SEAGames held in Myanmar. The event sawparticipation from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore,and Thailand.

The tournament consisted of Men's Singles,Women's Singles, Men's Doubles and Women'sDoubles Event. Furthermore, a Team Event wasplayed on the basis of Hopman Cup, whichconsisted of 1 Women's Singles, 1 Men's Singlesand a Mixed Doubles and 1 - 1.

The Captains meeting was held at the LawnTennis Association of Thailand on 21 st November2013 at 17:00. Tournament Director, RajatKapoor, Supervisor Nitin Kannamwar, LTAT Gen.Secretary Teera Kraiphanond, Captains and teammanagers picked draws for matches.

Captains Meeting

Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the event was held onthe 22 Nov 2013. Gen Teera Kraiphanond spokeabout the purpose and benefits this tournamentwould bring for attended players. Opening theevent, H E Suwat Liptapanlop wished good luckto the players participating in the tournament and

hoped tennis would be a part of every SEAGames in the future.


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Opening Ceremony

In Mens Singles Semi Final, Johnny ARCILLA (PHI)played against Kittipong WACHIRAMANOWONG(THA). Kittipong lost the first set to Johnny butwas able to come back in his game to win over

Johnny with the score of 26 61 60.

Kittipong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)

In the other Semi Final Warit SORNBUTNARK(THA) played against Minh Quan DO (VIE). Waritdefeated Minh Quan DO in straight sets with ascore line of 63 62. Warit moved on to the finalsto play against his compatriot KittipongWACHIRAMANOWONG (THA).

Johnny ARCILLA (PHI)

In the Mens Singles Final, Warit SORNBUTNARKclaimed the title defeating KittipongWACHIRAMANOWONG in straight sets 64 63.

In the Women Singles Semi Final, the 1 st seedNicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI defeated Dai TrangHUYNG (VIE) 63 61and moved in to the finals.

Dai Trang HUYNG (VIE)

Katherina M LENHERT (PHI) lost to KamonwanBuayam (THA) in the other Women Singles SemiFinal 46 26.


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Katherina M LENHERT (PHI)

Kamonwan moved on to the Finals and playedagainst her compatriot Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI

In the all Thai Singles Final, Kamonwan lost thefirst set to Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI but cameback to claim the Women Singles title of Toyota

AEC Championships with a score line of 46 63 63.

Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA)

In Mens Doubles Semi Finals, the Top Seeds TrijatiSUNU WAHYU paired up with C. Soemarno

ARMANDO (INA) and defeated the 3 rd seed RoyHOBBS and Rohan KAMDAR (SIN) 26, 64, 10-3.

The other Mens Doubles SF match was playedbetween the 2 nd Seeded team of Pruchya

ISAROW & Nutthanon KADCHAPANAN (THA)and Quang Tri LAM & Quoc Khanh LE (VIE). TheThailand Men Doubles pair sealed their spot inthe finals winning against the Vietnamese 62 62.

Pruchya ISAROW and Nutthanon KADCHAPANAN (THA)

Quang Tri LAM and Quoc Khanh LE (VIE)

Mens Doubles Final was played between Thailandand Indonesia. Pruchya and Nutthanon (THA)defeated Trijati SUNU WAHYU & C. Soemarno

ARMANDO (INA) 63 64. Pruchya and Nutthanonclaimed the Mens Doubles title in the AECChampionships.

The Finals of the Team Event was played betweenThailand and Philippines. KittipongWACHIRAMANOWONG, Pruchya ISAROW,Peangtarn PLIPUECH, and NungnaddaWANNASUK represented Thailand and Treat


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Conrad HUEY, Ruben GONZALES, KatharinaMelissa LEHNERT and Marian Jade CAPADOCIArepresented Philippines.

Trijati SUNU WAHYU and C. Soemarno ARMANDO (INA)

Thailand claimed the Team Winner title defeatingPhilippines 2-1.

The closing ceremony was held on 26 Nov 21013.Mr. Anil Khanna, H E Suwat Liptapanlop, ColSalvador Andrada, Randy Villanueva, and theLTAT Board of Directors presented the medalsand souvenirs to the players.

Below are some pictures from the event.

Thailand Team


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Highest Ranked Asian Woman EverLi Na is worlds No 3

Womens Tennis Associati on [WTA]Championships in Istanbul this year had glamour,history and the eight best of 2013 provided agreat Tennis spectacle. Jelena Jankovic formernumber one bounced back from her bout ofinjuries and bad form to be noticed. Jankovicreached the semi-finals and it was Li-Na whoknocked her out in a thriller.

In the finals, Li-Na playing sensational Tennissurprised everyone by winning the first setagainst Serena Williams. This shook Serena, wholooked little tired, slow and showed signs ofhaving a bad day. But Serena came back,showing that her brand of Tennis is the best in2013 and it has the capacity to win even on a badday. She won the final set at 6/0. It gave Serenathe WTA Championship Title and the Billie JeanKing Trophy. This year Serena Williams is theundisputed Queen of Tennis. Her achievementincludes two grand Slam titles and a win/lossrecord of 78/4. All these enhanced her careerearnings by 12 million dollars. In the pre-matchinterview she emphasized that she wouldimprove her game further next year. If thathappens she could be a Grand Slam prospect for2014. World No.3 Li-Na of China

Li-Na Of China

After Istanbul, another land mark event

happened; for the first time an Asian woman isworlds number 3. Li -Na of China! She belongs tothe first generation athletes from China to breakinto the top 10 of professional Tennis. At 31 shehas achieved much of her goals. In her career shehas won 19 singles and 16 doubles ITF womenstitles, 7 singles and 2 doubles WTA titles. Hercareer prize money is well over 13 million dollars.

Li-Nas is not a story of plain sailing. She is the onlychild of father Li Sheng-Peng a professionalBadminton player and Yan-Ping of Wuhan, China.Li-Na played Badminton till 9 and then switchedto Tennis. [She lost her father when she was 14].Tennis as the second sport is a trend one sees inmany successful sportspersons. Anotherinteresting aspect in her Tennis development isthe emphasis in Doubles. It has developed manyof Li-Nas effective game -making aspects insingles. Her quick assessment of situation andsighting of the ball gave instantaneous reaction.Other is her all court positioning and strokemaking ability. These are from doubles.


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him on safe grounds to be eligible for the yearending ATP event in London. He will have toperform well in the last big ATP event beforeLondon. It is the Paris -Open this week. In thematch against Del Porto in Basel, Federer couldnot break though in crucial situations to turn thematch to his favour. Federer has shown this trendthroughout 2013.

Tennis - 42 year old Japanese wonder womanKimiko Date-Krumm has congratulated China's LiNa for breaking her record of becoming thehighest ranked Asian tennis player in the world.

Date-Krumm peaked at no. 4 in the rankings inthe mid1990s and that record stood until a fewweeks ago when Li Na moved to no. 3 in theworld.

Writing on the WTA Tour website, Date-Krummsays, " One more thing I want to talk about is Li Nareaching No.3 in the world last week, andbreaking my record for highest-ranked Asian

player in tennis history. For Asian players it's reallygood. When I was young there weren't so many

Asian players in the world, and people neverthought we could be No.1 or get a Grand Slamtitle - she already has a Grand Slam title, andmany many years she's been in the Top 10 andTop 5. And now she's No.3. It's a big success and Ireally want to congratulate her! For a lot peoplein Asia it's a big dream come true, and now theycan have big dreams too."

(Content Credit : sundaytimes and tennisworldusa)


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'You cannot be serious ' McEnroe dons'80s wig as he teams up with Nishikorifor charity

Seven-time grand slam singles champion JohnMcEnroe gave Japan's Kei Nishikori a run for hismoney on Sunday in a charity match for thevictims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Playing in Japan for the first time since 1997, the54-year-old McEnroe took on Nishikori, the 23-

year-old Japanese star who rose to No. 11 in theworld rankings this year.

Nishikori beat McEnroe 1-6, 6-4 and 10-7 in atiebreak but the score hardly mattered asSunday's match was about raising money for theTohoku Tennis Association to help rebuild andrejuvenate tennis in the region devastated by theMarch, 11, 2011 disaster.

'Cannot be serious!' John McEnroe put on a wig for thecharity match and made his usual complaints

'Considering I just got in a few days ago, my bodywas moving pretty well,' McEnroe said. 'I was ableto make some good shots but he took somemercy on me.'

In addition to his competitive spirit, McEnroe

showed flashes of his famous wit. 'Is this a tennismatch or a daycare center, what the heck is going

on here?' he shouted to a sold-out crowd of10,000 when a crying baby interrupted a serve.

With the score tied 6-6 in the tiebreak, McEnroegave an assessment of his opponent's condition -'looks like he's runnin' out of gas' - and made afew of his trademark rants over close calls and theoccasional thrown racket.

Remembering: Kei Nishikori and McEnroe were raisingmoney for the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

McEnroe said he was more than happy to visit Japan and help out the people on the country'snortheastern coast.

'It's good to try to help people through a difficulttime,' McEnroe said. 'Unfortunately, disasters likethis seem to be happening more and more thesedays.'

Nishikori, who has helped contribute to arejuvenation of tennis in Japan in recent years,said he was impressed with the play of the winnerof seven grand slam titles.

'He played a lot better than I expected,' Nishikorisaid. 'I was surprised. His shots were very good. Ireally enjoyed playing against him and it was agreat experience.'

(Content Credit: dailymail.co.uk and Photography Credit:Getty Images)


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ranking position. I look forward to playing thenext season and hopefully winning a Grand Slamtitle.

Wagner wins sixth NEC Masters quad singles title

This season Lucas Sithole has become the first

African player to win a Super Series title and thefirst African to win a Grand Slam wheelchairtennis title. The 27-year-old triple amputee beganhis bid to become the first African to win an NECWheelchair Tennis Masters title in fine form as theUS Open champion raced through the openingset against world No. 1 Wagner without droppinga single game, despite a closely fought deucegame to end the set.

After winning their quad singles round-robinmatch earlier in the week in straight sets, Wagnercame out for the second set much more positivelyand gained an early break, but he put in a doublefault to end a marathon fourth game and allowSithole to level the set at 2-2. Nevertheless,cheered on by his legion of enthusiasticsupporters Wagner regained the momentum andclaimed the last four games of the set to force adecider.

The 39-year-old defending champion then puttogether a similar sequence to wrap up his sixthNEC Masters quad singles 06 62 62.

unieda retains mens singles title

Kunieda became just the second player to winback-to-back NEC Wheelchair Tennis Mastersmens singles titles after a 60 76(9) victory overBelgian world No. 6 Joachim Gerard.

Gerard had demonstrated his immense talent inthe round-robin phase of the competition, inwhich he beat world No. 2 Stephane Houdet ofFrance and world No. 3 Maikel Scheffers ofNetherlands. Meanwhile, world No. 1 Kuniedahad lost his last round-robin pool match to Frenchworld No. 8 Nicolas Peifer.

However, there was little to suggest that Kuniedawas vulnerable as he powered through the firstset of the final without dropping a game.

Gerard battled back from 4-3 down in the secondset and saved three break points before deliveringa booming forehand winner to claim a 5-4

lead. The Belgian saved two more break pointsand delivered an ace to maintain his slenderadvantage at 6-5 before Kunieda forced thetiebreak and went on to earn two match points at6-4 in the tiebreak. But, once more Gerard wasequal to the task and went on to have set pointsat 7-6 and 8-7.

However, Gerards effort finally ended as he senta return long over Kunieda s baseline, giving thetop seed another match point, which Kuniedaduly converted to claim his second successiveNEC Masters title.

(Content Credit : ITF)


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Triple the excitement: Beach Tennis atZayed Sports City

If alternate or niche sports is your thing, then whynot try your hand or your forehand at beachtennis at Zayed Sports City (ZSC)

Youre wondering how you can play tennis on a

beach, arent you? Well, its not so difficult. Youhave probably seen it on one of the manybeaches around the UAE.

Its played in three categories; mens doubles,womens doubles and mix doubles, and it iscurrently one of the fastest growing sports in theworld.

ZSC and Professional Sports Services (PSS) areteaming up to organize a number of tournamentsover the next few months, starting with the firston Friday, November 22. It will begin at 09:00next to the tennis complex where ZSC have builtfour competition beach tennis courts.

The tournament is open to all levels of players above the age of 10 in the three doubles teamscategories. Competition will start with non-seededteams playing a round-robin qualification andafter the main draw there will be a knock-out andconsolation knockout draw. The cost of entry isDh75.

And this is not the first time that ZSC and PSS havecombined for such a competition. PSS tenniscoach and tournament organizer Tiago Neves

says the sport is getting more and more popular,especially in countries like the UAE where gamesare part and parcel of a day at the beach.

We are working to promote [the game] in theUAE, he says. We can already see peopleimproving their game and some serious teamscoming to the fore. We already have a rankingsystem for the players set up and we update itregularly.

The PSS Tour will continue over the next fewmonths at Zayed Sports City with tournamentsuntil June. Such is our involvement in the sportnow that one of our main goals is to organize aninternational event (ITF Tour) here in Zayed SportsCity.

We have been getting very good feedback fromall participants, and are seeing increased numbersof players at our events. At the last tournamentwe had 30 mens doubles teams which is 60

players and we had 15 mixed doubles teams.

We are trying to promote the womens doubles abit more but its difficult to get the numbers.

Thats an incredible number of participants for asport which you might say is not competitive, butit just goes to show how popular an activity canget when an element of competition is added.

We supply the racquets for all players and nospecial gear is required. There will be lots of musicto keep the players and spectators entertained,says Neves.

The rules are pretty simple the ball cannotbounce. The court dimensions are 16x8 metersand the net is 1.7 meters high.

The hitting instrument is a beach tennis paddle.Only one touch is allowed and the scoring systemis the same as in tennis. So why not grab apartner and head down to Zayed Sports City on

Friday and see if you have the skills for thisexciting game.

(Content Credit : sport360.com)


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Development Training Camp

Bangkok, Thailand

The last of the years Development Training Campwas conducted at the ATC from 4-16 November2013 for the Under 16 years of age group.

This camp consisted of 9 players and 4 officialcoaches from 4 countries; Sri Lanka, Pakistan,Philippines, and Vietnam. The camp was held

under the expert guidance of Jean-Luc Toulliou, ATC head coach from France.

The training was not only meant for the playersbut also for the accompanying coaches, whoshowed a lot of keenness while learning theintricacies of stroke techniques from Jean-Luc anddrew from his experience.

During the camp Mr. Patrick Dato, PresidentSarawak Tennis Association, Kuching, (Malaysia)visited the courts and discussed the training andcamp strategies with Jean-Luc on how toorganize efficient camps and train the playerscollectively.

The players had a day off in between at theamusement park which is a regular feature of thecamps held at the ATC.

With a day off and relaxing at the amusement

park, the players surely got back in training withmore energy and efforts to pursue their game.


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7 th AITA National Coaches Conference

The 7 th AITA National Coaches Conference isscheduled from 19 22 December 2013 in NewDelhi, with the concept line - Raise the Bar, inNew Delhi. The National Coaches conference isopen for coaches from the South Asian Region.

The attendees

All tennis coaches, tennis facilitiesmanagers and tennis enthusiasts.

Though this event is for tennis coach, itcould be major interest to anyone in thetennis industry as a whole.

This conference is a fantastic professionaldevelopment opportunity for tenniscoaches of all levels pending approval bythe AITA.

About it

This is the only conference in this regionspecifically tailored to tennis coaches and is thepinnacle of professional development event fortennis coaches in this region

The reasons to attend

The conference is a must attend industryevent with fantastic networkingopportunities and the chance to make

valuable contacts. The 2 day conference would be a fantasticway to keep up to date on Tennis

coaching / developments and start 2014in a fresh manner

A wonderful opportunity to expand yourcoaching skills and build your coachingbrand through in-depth on-courtworkshops and informative seminarsdelivered by top speakers from variousfields of Coaching, fitness, sports science,technology, business and motivation.

The focus is clearly on raising the coachingstandard in the region and the conference maybeof interest for Coaches, fitness coaches,administrators, physio therapists, psychologists,nutritionists, etc.

Some of the speakers confirmed are:

1. Robert Ballard: Reputed Fitness coachfrom Australia working with WTA / ATPTour players

2. Dr. Vece Paes: Renowned Sports MedicineDoctor & Fitness expert3. Zeeshan Ali: Former Indian Davis Cupper

& Currently Indian Davis Cup Coach4. Aditya Sachdeva: One of Indias top coach 5. Ryan Fernando: Renowned Sports

Nutritionist working with many Olympians6. Dr. Madan Ballal; Indian Davis Cup Doctor7. Happy Bhalla: Renowned Coach from USA

and author of 2 books on Tennis8. Vishal Uppal: Former Indian Davis Cupper

Hope to see you at the only conclave of Tenniscoaches / enthusiasts from this region to interact,network and exchange ideas for the bettermentof the sport and personal improvement.


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Asian Coaches at the WorldwideCoaches Conference

The 18 th ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference byBNP Paribas came to an end in Cancun, Mexico.

More than 850 delegates participated in the socalled "the best conference so far" from all overthe world.

Asia, was represented by coaches from:Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Iran, Japan, Korea,Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand andVietnam.

USTA Head of Player Development PatrickMcEnroe (USA), Swiss Tennis Fitness expert BeniLinder, world renowned Sports psychologist Dr

Jim Loehr (USA), Carl Maes (Belgium) formercoach of Kim Clijsters, Tom Gullikson (USA) andNick Bollettieri (USA) were among the speakers ofthe conference which took place 5-9 November.

Asian Coaches are getting prepared to take partin the bi-annual ITF/ATF Regional CoachesConference for Asia in 2014.

Interview of the Day: Peter Lebed,Uzbek National Tennis Coach

Peter Lebed a former Professional Tennis player ,began his coaching career in 1996 , He took overas the head coach of the National team in2003 , he was appointed as the Captain ofthe Uzbek Davis Cup team in 2005 andcontinues to don the mantle as of date.

Widely respected and loved by his players, Peteralso is the recipient of many prestigious nationalawards. He spoke to the Tashkent ATP ChallengerMedia Team about the growth and Uzbektennis and his view of the future.

The Rise of Uzbek Tennis in the last five years?

It has been a story where we started fromscratch after our senior players retired and therewas a big vacuum, but the Success of DenisIstomin who reached the top 50 in the world inthe Profesional circuit , the rise of Akgul

Amanmuradova also to top 50 in the WTArankings , the 3 silver medals at Guangzhou

Asian Games are all result of hard work of theplayers , some good planning and the Support ofthe Uzbek Tennis Federation.

We are proud of our youngsters are doing wellwhether in the Davis Cup or Fed CupCompetitions , this year we were bit unluckyagainst Kazakh stan in the play off in Mens andalso in the Fed Cup , but overall it has been some


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good results from both the boys and the girls

About what it has done for Tennis now?

Our efforts and broad basing has helped us tothrow up an entire new breed of players , wehave some young juniors Sanjar Faiyzev , TimurIsmail , Jurabek Karimov, ShonigmatjonShofayziyev , Nigina Abduraimova, SabinaSharipova , Arina Folts , Guzal Yusupova who

have great future ahead.

Nigina Abduraimova

Though most of these players are from Tashkent,there is lot of development and lot of exposure inall the regions all round. We have many playersfrom all the regions come to the Olympic schoolof tennis in Tashkent from all the regions, In thenext few years Im sure that ch ampions will comefrom our regions.

Do you have any new Strategy for new season?

With the new Davis Cup and Fed Season surelywe will be grooming new faces in our teams, theyhave opportunity to play with experiencedplayer, they should absorb and learn from seniors.

Also playing on the team with players like Istominand Dustov will not only help them increase theirconfidence but also raise their level of game. Ouraim is to prepare our new generation for futurebattles.

On Competitions in the country?

We work with our players and also give themenough competitive exposure in the country aswell, even now we have worked with thembefore with challengers. However they lackexperience, they played well but lost. But I thinkthat tournaments like these challengers willchange the way the young [players think andplay , Im also appreciative of the UTF fororganizing so many events and providing golden

opportunities to our players.

Do you think that Uzbek tennis has more depthin Mens tennis compared to the womens tennis?

I feel there is depth in the womens too, we have young girls who are poised for a leap, we havebeen able to increase the base of tennis players.The growing numbers of students coming forselection to the Republic school of Tennishas shown us the there is tremendous pool ofgood players from regions, and a lot of interest intennis.

So according you how, in how many years wecan have a new Uzbek top 50 star?

I think that in womens it will take about 2 years for our player to reach the top 50 mark ,while in the Men s it will take a little longerlooking at the high competition.

(Content Credit: tennis.uz)


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SHOULDER INJURIES IN TENNIS

Interestingly, the most common injury site in theshoulder is not rotator cuff muscles themselvesbut rather the tendons that attach these musclesto the upper arm. There is not a lot of space insidethe shoulder. When muscles fatigue or impropertechnique is used, it is very easy for one of therotator cuff tendons that pass through this spaceto get pinched. When this happens over and over

again, it can lead to tendinitis. Many of theshoulder injuries seen in tennis can be preventedwith a proper stretching program.

STRETCHES TO PREVENT SHOULDER INJURIES

The two most important shoulder stretches fortennis players are the Cross- arm Stretch and theSleeper Stretch. Research show that using thesestretches as part of a regular program willimprove the range of motion of internal rotation.

PREVENTIVE SHOULDER STRETCHES

As with any stretch, perform them after tennisplay and complete two or three repetitions ofeach stretch, holding each for 20 to 30 seconds.This will improve or maintain flexibility in theshoulder.

Cross Arm Stretch

Focus: Improve the flexibility of the muscles in theback of the shoulder and back of the shoulder joint capsule.

Procedure

1. Stand next to a doorway or fence, ifpossible. Raise your racket arm to shoulderlevel. Brace the side of your shoulder andshoulder blade against the wall or fence tokeep the shoulder blade from sliding

forward when you begin the stretch.

2. Using the other hand, grab the outside ofthe elbow of your racket hand and pull

your arm across your chest (figure). Youshould feel the stretch in back yourshoulder.

Note: If you feel a pinching sensation in the frontof your shoulder, discontinue this stretch and useSleeper Stretch to accomplish a similar for thisportion of the shoulder.

Sleeper Stretch

Focus: Improve the flexibility of the muscles in theback of the shoulder and back of the shoulder

joint capsule.

Procedure

1. Lie on your dominant shoulder in aposition you might adopt when sleepingon your side (hence the name.)

2. Place your dominant arm directly in frontof you, with the elbow bent 90 degrees.

3. Using your other arm, push your handdown toward your feet, internally rotating

your shoulder (figure)4. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds.


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