2023-08-07 21:40:39
You rarely see that!
The women’s number 1, Iga Swiatek (22), does everything for success. She even tapes her mouth shut!
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Quelle: YouTube: Deportivo Alavés 08.07.2023
Tennis star Iga Swiatek with an unusual training trick
Now photos of the Pole’s training in Montreal (Canada) have appeared, showing how she plays with a kind of tape over her mouth during training. One can only speculate about the exact reasons.
Most likely: Swiatek is trying to consciously breathe through his nose.
According to studies, breathing through the nose is said to be “more energy-efficient” than through the mouth.
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In plain language, this means that in order to breathe in the same amount of oxygen, you use significantly less energy when breathing through the nose.
In top-level sport, such minimal differences can be decisive.
At the last Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon, top favorite Swiatek was surprisingly eliminated in the quarterfinals against Elena Svitolina (28) 5: 7, 7: 6, 2: 6. Two days earlier, the Pole beat Belinda Bencic (26) in the round of 16 in a three-set thriller (over three hours).
It is possible that she no longer felt so fit against the Ukrainian Svitolina and attributed the defeat to that.
After the Wimbledon bankruptcy, she confidently won the subsequent five matches, thereby winning the title at her home tournament in Warsaw.
In Montreal she could now celebrate the 16th tournament victory of her career – also thanks to her special training method.
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