tennis match in order to develop the muscles and to also develop muscle memory for the performance of a given stroke thus one of the advantages of utilizing a stroke training and exercise device such as that described herein and forming the subject matter of the present invention is that it enables the tennis player to simulate with a relatively small device the actual strokes that he or she would make in an actual tennis match the tennis player musculature having built in memory for each of the strokes that has been practiced and the muscles that are involved in the effective performance of that stroke being developed to the point that it gives the tennis player a significant 34 edge 34 in performing the stroke accurately many individuals would like to play tennis but for many reasons believe that they are not sufficiently physically fit to withstand the physical and mental stress and exertions that are needed to play a tennis match the stroke training and exercise device of this invention provides the opportunity for people that have never played tennis to exercise their bodies in a way that simulates the use of an actual tennis racket and therefore provides them with.