Seventy-four local league players were surveyed through a questionnaire and interview to establish the incidence of tennis elbow, the perceived causes, preventive measures taken and their perceived effectiveness. Of these 35% suffered from tennis elbow, 77% of those critically. The tennis racquet used, technique and timing and the condition of the court were perceived as the main causes, whilst...

Professional tennis places extraordinary demands on elite tennis players. Previously published profiles characterise the inherent physiological demands of tennis play and the adaptations incurred by elite-level tennis players. These include the requirement of repeated maximal level exertions during points with average durations ranging between 2 and >8 s depending on the match surface and playe...

A 17-year-old, nationally ranked, male tennis player (AH) had been experiencing heat cramps during tennis match play. His medical history and previous physical exams were unremarkable, and his in-office blood chemistry profiles were normal. On-court evaluation and an analysis of a 3-day dietary record revealed that AH's sweat rate was extensive (2.5 L.hr-1) and that his potential daily on-court...

The he purpose of this study is to examine the effects of ball velocity, court illumination, and volley type on the reaction time (RT) of a tennis athlete for a volley stroke. Eights cases with two different ball velocities (high and low), two volley types (forehand and backhand ) and two court illumination levels (dark and bright) were studied. The 30 participating subjects consisted of 18 mal...

In high performance tennis, different aspects like physical-conditioning, strategy-tactic, technical-biomechanical, psychology and skills acquisition have received large attention from the researchers. Nevertheless, programming, periodization planning of training sessions competitions not been as studied in depth. Coaches still use their experience, trial-error subjective perceptions methods co...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of serve and return game situations on physiological responses and match characteristics in professional male tennis players during one hour-long simulated singles tennis matches. Ten internationally ranked tennis players (age 22.2 ± 2.8 years; body height 180.7 ± 4.4 cm; body mass 75.9 ± 8.9 kg) participated in this study. Their physiolo...

From the $Department of Hwmatology, University of Cambridge, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, the MFRC ~OratOOrY of Molecular signalling, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, t h ((Department Of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 lQJ, and t h **Rheumatology Research unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills R...

Although learning a motor skill, such as a tennis stroke, feels like a unitary experience, researchers who study motor control and learning break the processes involved into a number of interacting components. These components can be organized into four main groups. First, skilled performance requires the effective and efficient gathering of sensory information, such as deciding where and when ...

The aim of this study was to analyse time characteristics in wheelchair tennis. In 2006 data was obtained from 22 singles tennis matches, played on a hard surface. With computer-vision-based software application called the SAGIT/TENNIS tracking system which had been developed at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, time characteristics were analysed accordingly. This programme wa...