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Development of Fatigue During Tennis Matchplay: What Do We Know?
By Joshua Colomar and Mark Kovacs, PhD, CTPS, MTPS
Classical descriptions present tennis as a prolonged activity (2-4 hours) of repeated, high-intensity bouts interspersed with standardized rest periods. Continue reading
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What are the Physiological Responses to Tennis Tournaments?
By Joshua Colmar, iTPA Intern
It is known that tennis is a very demanding sport. Tennis movement is a combination of eccentric-concentric muscle action; all movements are rapid and explosive and include accelerations, decelerations, stretches, jumps and strokes. Continue reading
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A summary of “Exercise-induced homeostatic perturbations provoked by single tennis match play with reference to development of fatigue” by Mendez-Villanueva et al. Br J Sports Med. (2007).
A summary of “Exercise-induced homeostatic perturbations provoked by single tennis match play with reference to development of fatigue” by Mendez-Villanueva et al. Br J Sports Med. (2007).
The difference between winning and losing can boil down to a few points at the elite level. These critical points in a match are often late in a match when both players are tired. Furthermore, Continue reading
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