Developing Upper Body Power

This is an interesting article about resistance training and research on raquet sports, such as tennis:

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/increase-your-dynamic-hitting-power-with-periodized-resistance-training-and-shoulder-exercises-39309

Research on racquet sports is important because, like our sport, they deal with upper body power. 

 The idea is to get a more powerful stroke.  Periodized resistance training was found to be superior to circuit training in improving power.  Even though the movements were not identical to tennis strokes, the resistance training still improved the power of the strokes.

The article also discussed training with elastic bands, which also increased power.  And, like our sport, tennis players get rotator cuff injuries, so there is some discussion of exercises to prevent this. 

Interesting read on research on improving upper body power:

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/increase-your-dynamic-hitting-power-with-periodized-resistance-training-and-shoulder-exercises-39309