Running Activity Profile of Adolescent Tennis Players During Match PlayShow others and affiliations
2014 (English)In: Pediatric Exercise Science, ISSN 0899-8493, E-ISSN 1543-2920, Vol. 26, no 3, p. 281-290Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aims of this study were (1) to assess the running activities of adolescent tennis players during match play with respect to velocity, acceleration, and deceleration; (2) to characterize changes in these activities during the course of a match; and (3) to identify potential differences between winners and losers. Twenty well-trained adolescent male athletes (13 +/- 1 y) played one simulated match each (giving a total of 10 matches), during which distances covered at different velocity categories (0 to < 1, 1 to < 2, 2 to < 3, 3 to < 4, and >= 4 m.s(-1)) and number of running activities involving high velocity (>= 3 m.s(-1)), acceleration (>= 2 m.s(-2)), and deceleration (<= -2 m.s(-2)) were monitored using a global positioning system (10 Hz). Heart rate was also assessed. The total match time, total distance covered, peak velocity, and mean heart rate were 81.2 +/- 14.6 min, 3362 +/- 869 m, 4.4 +/- 0.8 m.s(-1), and 159 +/- 12 beats.min(-1), respectively. Running activities involving high acceleration (0.6 +/- 0.2 n.min(-1)) or deceleration (0.6 +/- 0.2 n.min(-1)) were three times as frequent as those involving high velocity (0.2 +/- 0.1 n.min(-1)). No change in the pattern of running activities (P >= .13, d <= 0.39) and no differences between winners and losers (P >= .22, d <= 0.53) were evident during match play. We conclude that training of well-trained adolescent male tennis players need not focus on further development of their running abilities, since this physical component of multifactorial tennis performance does not change during the course of a match and does not differ between the winners and losers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. Vol. 26, no 3, p. 281-290
Keywords [en]
endurance, GPS, match analysis, repeated sprint ability, performance
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-23018DOI: 10.1123/pes.2013-0195ISI: 000340513700008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84929048758OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-23018DiVA, id: diva2:748151
2014-09-182014-09-182025-02-11Bibliographically approved