How to relieve pickleball back and hip pain
Just like with any exercise, you may feel pain after a long day on the pickleball court. However, there are many steps you can take to help avoid pain and alleviate it should it occur. In this new Selkirk TV series, Certified Teaching Pro & NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist Dustin Davis walks viewers through the key tenets of pickleball health and injury prevention. It’s...
Leg strengthening exercises for pickleball players
It’s become a popular joke among the fitness community — never skip leg day. But that sentiment is especially true when training to up your pickleball game. Building your leg strength is important to pickleball because the game requires a lot of quick lateral movement and prolonged squatting at the kitchen line. There are a variety of movements to practice so you can succeed...
How to improve your hip mobility in pickleball
Although practicing your third shot drop and serves can help you win some rallies, there’s another, often-overlooked component to the game: hip mobility. You want to be functional and mobile in your hips because it’s important to be able to rotate and move well, whether you’re at the kitchen line or baseline. Training your hips for mobility will help you win both on and...
