My wrist moves a lot when playing tennis?

Question

I play both badminton and tennis. In badminton, the wrist must be used while in tennis, no. My coach said that I tend to move a lot my wrist when playing. So should I stop playing badminton? or there's another way to stop my wrist from moving? Is it due to my growth? Will it affect my growth? (I'm 13-14)

Answer 1

Your observations are correct. Playing badminton isn't good for your tennis stroke and vice versa.

On any swinging shot (serve, return, forehand, backhand, overhead) in tennis your wrist should remain firm and locked at the contact point. Not until after contact is it okay to move it. On volleys it should remain firm the whole time.

I don't think your growth has much to do with it. It will not affect your growth, but using your wrist too much in tennis may lead to tendonitis in your wrist or tennis elbow.

My advice is listen to your coach and learn how to hit the stokes correctly. I'm sure you can do it if you try.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Badmitton and Racketball strokes don't mix well with tennis strokes.....I think it's the muscle memory thing

Answer 3

badminton is different from tennis. badminton uses the wrist, powe. tennis on the other hand does not need to move the wrist as it may affect the stroke and could cause serious damage to ur tendons cause a tennis racket is heavier than of badminton plus the ball combined with the gravity and forced applied to the ball by the other player. so try not to move ur wrist much. and decide if u want tennis or badminton cause it is really not gud to combine the 2.

Answer 4

Tape it up with medical tape, look up for proper ways of doing it

Answer 5

It will effect your wrist, not your growth. IN tennis the rackets are heavier and freely moving them will cause you to sprain, strain, or even develop carpel tunnel in your wrist. Now does this mean you should quit one sport for another. Not necessarily. I had the same problem when I first started playing tennis and my advice is to buy some athletic tape and maybe a sweat band. Before you play tennis tape your wrist and put on the band as an extra reminder to keep it straight. Don't wrap it too tight, just tight enough ti feel it when you try and bend your wrist. Unfortunately you'll be left with a really funny looking tan, but at least you'll still have your wrist and both sports.

Answer 6

It's fine to use your wrist in badminton, because the impact on your arm from the light racquet/shuttlecock combination isn't much.  But in tennis, you can severely injure your wrist if you move it too much.  Now, I don't think you need to stop playing either sport.  You just need to focus on getting your tennis form right.  Once you have both your tennis form and your badminton form down, you'll be fine.

Basically, in tennis you always want to keep your wrist solid through your swing.  Only on the serve do you use any wirst snap to achieve anything.  On regular strokes, you won't be able to be consistent if you  use your wrist.

As for how to stop it?  Focus on keeping your wrist solid while you play.  Eventually, it'll happen pretty automatically, and you can focus on other parts of your game as well.

Answer 7

Your coach should know better.

Yes, on your groundstrokes you need a firm wrist but there are plenty times in tennis when your wrist needs to be flexible too - for example when serving, smashing or forehand volleys.

Whatever you do DO NOT tape your wrist up to solve this problem.  Anyone who suggests this is extremely irresponsible as taping your wrist will fix it in one position.  In tennis your wrist needs to operate in many different positions, so fixing it in one place WILL cause you damage.  How often do you see a pro playing with a taped wrist???

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

After playing competitive tennis for many years, I ventured into the sport of racquetball (the phenomenon of the ball bouncing into and off the walls fascinated me), only to find the very same thing:  when you "groove" your athletic motions/movements, they become almost reflexive, and should be that way in order to excel.  When what is proper in one sport directly contradicts what is proper in another, you have to constantly override whatever is reflexive, and try to groove the behavior that used to be wrong in order to do the second sport well.  The end result is often becoming mediocre at both, to say nothing of diminishing one's skills at the first by undoing the autonomic reflexes.  The more similar the sports are, the more difficult this challenge is; depth perception, anticipation, timing, and placement are also affected in the same way, but perhaps not as visibly.  Though it is not impossible to do, I would strongly recommend choosing (or at least prioritizing) one or the other.  If tennis is important to you, then keep the wrist firm, even if it means playing lousy badminton! You will be better off and less frustrated if you eventually excel at one, rather than becoming only fair at both.

Answer 10

i play both... not that much in tennis.. just control your wrist.... i play badminton more than tennis... but i dont think you should quit one sport.. just control... know both sports.. and practice.. listen to coach!

Answer 11

Get wrist tape.

Answer 12

badminton the birdie is light and you can keep your wrist firm easier. so either get used to the heavier ball or strengthen your wrist. hold the racquet in your dominant hand with your arm straight out. and just hold the racquet like a forehand grip. so the racquet should be perpendicular to your arm. thats how your wrist should always be. a little tiny wrist movement is ok, especially on the serve, but just um, hold a five pound weight and do curls with your wrist? or find someone to hit with and not playing a match, just hitting, focus on not moving your wrist. focus on just that, not where the ball goes ro placement. just focus on keeping your wrist straight.

Answer 13

Yes, you should choose one sport only.Especially when it comes to badminton and tennis. An unfirm wrist in tennis terrible. However if you still want to continue with both you have to practice hitting the ball with a firm grip. I play both and i dot think it should be such a problem. You just have to get used to it.

Answer 14

For the service you can move the wrist, but not in the other segments in game of tennis. You do not want to move the wrist.  I will suggest some exercises are made for this to make it stronger.