Physical and technical demand in professional wheelchair tennis on hard, clay and grass surfaces: implication for training

Sánchez-Pay, Alejandro; Rivas, David Sanz

doi:10.1080/24748668.2021.1912957

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This shows that the player has an excellent ability to return and serve. 10 It can get offensive opportunities and win points through good prediction in receiving and serving. This shows that the athlete's stability when receiving the service needs to be improved.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Characteristics Of The Offensive And Defensi...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of Training in Competitive Tennis Sports

Zhang¹

2023

Rev Bras Med Esporte

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction: The current challenge in tennis training in China is the integration with technology because, with the existing training methods, coaches and players pay little attention to strategies using a simple and retrograde tactical training method. Solutions need to be created to meet the development requirements of modern tennis. Objective: This paper aims to analyze tennis players’ technical level, tactical characteristics, and training methods in sports competitions. Methods: Eight male tennis players were randomly selected as research volunteers. The various tactics employed by the subjects under competition were observed. Based on the collected data, a mathematical-statistical analysis of the tennis players’ technical usage and training performance was prepared. Results: The athletes in this study could use various offensive tactics during and after the experiment. The athletes have a strong offensive baseline and can use a combination of speed, spin, and positioning to restrict each other during the competition. However, there were significant differences in the players’ awareness of offensive tactics on defense (P<0.05). Conclusion: Most athletes perform consistently and heterogeneously in stalemate tactics. A weakness noted was that most athletes are not showing good efficiency in scoring when stalemate presents opportunities. The results of this study can improve the scoring rate of tennis players. At the same time, this study's findings may strengthen tennis players’ ability to control the game during sports competitions. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

show abstract

Section: Analysis Of the Characteristics Of The Offensive And Defensi...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of Training in Competitive Tennis Sports

Zhang¹

2023

Rev Bras Med Esporte

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…All wheelchair tennis matches were played on an indoor hardcourt surface. Different court surfaces influence wheelchair mobility performance outcomes, both linear sprinting and turning, making surface type an important area of interest for future research [12,20]. Wheelchair tennis athletes could be tested on the key components during standardized field tests on a hardcourt surface to gather valuable insight on tennis-specific wheelchair configurations, such as the use of a new hand rim, similar to studies performed in wheelchair basketball [30][31][32].…”

Section: Future Research and Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Wheelchair tennis players play for about an hour per match, cover 1800-2200 m per set and reach peak velocities of 3-4 m/s [1,[9][10][11]. The length and intensity of the match are influenced by the level, score margin, and court-surface [9,12]. The match characteristics and external influences roughly describe the important role of wheelchair mobility performance during a wheelchair tennis match.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Six inertial measurement unit-based components describe wheelchair mobility performance during wheelchair tennis matches

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of this explorative study was to determine the key inertial measurement unit-based wheelchair mobility performance components during a wheelchair tennis match. A total of 64 wheelchair tennis matches were played by 15 wheelchair tennis players (6 women, 5 men, 4 juniors). All individual tennis wheelchairs were instrumented with inertial measurement units, two on the axes of the wheels and one on the frame. A total of 48 potentially relevant wheelchair tennis outcome variables were initially extracted from the sensor signals, based on previous wheelchair sports research and the input of wheelchair tennis experts (coaches, embedded scientists). A principal component analysis was used to reduce this set of variables to the most relevant outcomes for wheelchair tennis mobility. Results showed that wheelchair mobility performance in wheelchair tennis can be described by six components: rotations to racket side in (1) curves and (2) turns; (3) linear accelerations; (4) rotations to non-racket side in (4) turns and (5) curves; and finally, (6) linear velocities. One or two outcome variables per component were selected to allow an easier interpretation of results. These key outcome variables can be used to adequately describe the wheelchair mobility performance aspect of wheelchair tennis during a wheelchair tennis match and can be monitored during training.

show abstract

“…WT matches are always played to the best of three tie-break sets, and the ball can bounce twice before it is hit [ 1 ]. A high-level WT match lasts 60–70 min [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ], with rallies of 5–7 s [ 2 , 3 ] and three strokes per rally [ 2 , 3 , 6 , 7 ]. A WT tennis match is intermittent, multidirectional and non-random, which challenges the participant to change direction many times [ 5 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Successive Wheelchair Tennis Matches on Handgrip Strength in High-Level Male Players

Sánchez-Pay

Pino-Ortega

Rivas³

2023

IJERPH

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on upper strength in high-level male players playing four successive wheelchair tennis (WT) matches. Eight international WT players took part in a competition, playing one match per day over four consecutive tournament days. Before and after the match, the maximal isometric handgrip strength was measured on the dominant and non-dominant hand. Additionally, each player was equipped with one radiofrequency and IMU device on their wheelchair to control his activity profile (distance). The results showed significant differences between successive matches, with decreasing dominant handgrip strength (p = 0.02, η2 = 0.043), and there was a significant interaction between successive matches and the accumulated distance (p = 0.013, η2 = 0.049). The pre- and post-match strength values of the dominant hand decreased throughout the matches over a number of days, and post hoc analysis showed differences between the first and fourth matches only in pre-match strength (49.06 ± 6.96 vs. 45.94 ± 7.1; p = 0.045; ES: 1.04) but not in the non-dominant hand. Successive matches caused a decrease in the strength values of the WT players, mainly in the dominant hand. These results should be taken into account in the recovery and prevention of injuries in competitions with successive matches.

show abstract

Physical and technical demand in professional wheelchair tennis on hard, clay and grass surfaces: implication for training

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Quality of Training in Competitive Tennis Sports

Quality of Training in Competitive Tennis Sports

Six inertial measurement unit-based components describe wheelchair mobility performance during wheelchair tennis matches

Influence of Successive Wheelchair Tennis Matches on Handgrip Strength in High-Level Male Players

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About