Stretching

I was on the tennis court the other day, waiting for my partner to get ready, watching him stretch by touching his toes without any advance warm up. As he stood up he was holding his back saying that it always hurts to stretch. This gave me a chance to tell him my experience in stretching. Any stretch should begin with an aerobic activity, usually light jogging. The idea is to raise the body temperature so that muscles are looser. This aerobic warm up should only take 5 to 10 minutes.

Then go in to whatever stretch you feel is necessary for whatever sport you playing.