Applying the brakes in tennis: How entry speed affects the movement and hitting kinematics of professional tennis players

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Brandon Giles ◽  
Machar Reid
Keyword(s):  
Tennis Players ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Entry Speed

Musculoskeletal injury profiles in professional Women’s Tennis Association players

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 723-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodie G Dakic ◽  
Belinda Smith ◽  
Cameron M Gosling ◽  
Luke G Perraton
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injury ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Exposure Data ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
The Relationship

ObjectiveThe physical demands of professional tennis combined with high training/match loads can contribute to musculoskeletal injury. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe the type, location and severity of injuries sustained during a 12-month tennis season in a cohort of professional female tennis players on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour and (2) prospectively investigate associations between training/match loads and injury.Methods52 WTA players competing at the Australian Open (2015) consented to participate. Injuries reported to WTA medical staff were classified using tennis-specific guidelines. Individual match exposure data were collected for all matches played at international level in 2015 and expressed per 1000 hours of WTA competition matchplay (MP) and 1000 match exposures (MEs). Variables associated with the number of injuries in the season and loss of time from competition were identified with regression analysis.ResultsThe injury incidence rate (IR) was 56.6 (95% CI: 49.5 to 64.6) per 1000 hours of MP or 62.7 (95% CI: 54.8 to 71.6) per 1000 MEs, although the IR of injuries resulting in loss of time from competition was lower (12.8 per 1000 hours of MP, 92 injuries/100 players). Lower limb (51%) and muscle/tendon (50%) injuries were the most common site and type of injury. Common specific injury site subcategories were the thigh, shoulder/clavicle, ankle and knee in order of frequency. Various measures of match load were significantly associated with injury.ConclusionThis study prospectively analysed injury profiles, including severity across an entire season of professional tennis, and investigated the relationship between training/match loads and injury. These data may help medical professionals develop injury risk identification and prevention programmes.

Providing Sport Psychology Consulting Services to Professional Tennis Players

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Loehr
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Assessment Procedures

This paper explores personal experiences in building a career in sport psychology and providing consulting services to professional tennis players. It describes the range of services provided, major client groups, and philosophy of service delivery. It reviews the overall training model used in service delivery as well as psychological assessment procedures used in consultation. It also describes how professional services were organized, type of services provided to specific client groups, and specific training components. Factors and issues influencing professional effectiveness and competence are explored. The importance of training and competence in all sport sciences are emphasized. The challenges and hardships encountered in building a successful career in this specialty are reviewed. The need for more effective and responsible applied technology and research is discussed.

Echocardiographic characteristics of professional tennis players at the Roland Garros French open

2007 ◽  
Vol 154 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Mansencal ◽  
Dany-Michel Marcadet ◽  
Fabrice Martin ◽  
Bernard Montalvan ◽  
Olivier Dubourg
Keyword(s):  
Tennis Players ◽  
Professional Tennis

scholarly journals Tactowel: A Subtle Sports Performance Display for Giving Real-Time Performance Feedback in Tennis

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4594
Author(s):  
Hayati Havlucu ◽  
Aykut Coşkun ◽  
Oğuzhan Özcan
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
User Study ◽  
Tangible Interaction ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Present Design ◽  
Remote User

Sports technology enhances athletes’ performance by providing feedback. However, interaction techniques of current devices may overwhelm athletes with excessive information or distract them from their performance. Despite previous research, design knowledge on how to interact with these devices to prevent such occasions are scarce. To address this gap, we introduce subtle displays as real-time sports performance feedback output devices that unobtrusively present low-resolution information. In this paper, we conceptualize and apply subtle displays to tennis by designing Tactowel, a texture changing sports towel. We evaluate Tactowel through a remote user study with 8 professional tennis players, in which they experience, compare and discuss Tactowel. Our results suggest subtle displays could prevent overwhelming and distracting athletes through three distinct design strategies: (1) Restricting the use excluding duration of performance, (2) using the available routines and interactions, and (3) giving an overall abstraction through tangible interaction. We discuss these results to present design implications and future considerations for designing subtle displays.

scholarly journals The commitment Challenger Tour players make as junior athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (79) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Edward Horne ◽  
Matthew Haugen
Keyword(s):  
Tennis Players ◽  
Junior Athletes ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Career Options

Professional tennis players competing at the Challenger Tour level were interviewed to further understanding of how professionals perceive their advancement. Results showed athletes make extensive commitments to facilitate advancement. Commitments that likely impact their career options after tennis. Implications and suggestions for moving forward are discussed.

Deuce or advantage? Examining gender bias in online coverage of professional tennis

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Yip
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Gender Representations ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Gender Beliefs ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Official Site ◽  
Gender Specific

Despite the increasing popularity of women’s sports, it has generally been found that female athletes receive less media coverage and are portrayed negatively with myriad gender-specific descriptors. Such biased representations warrant attention as they construct and reinforce traditional gender beliefs. This study compared the representations of female and male tennis players on the official site of the Australian Open 2015 and ESPN. A total of 357 articles were analysed using content analysis. The findings showed that gender representations on the two media outlets were quite similar as they both portrayed female players more negatively than male players by focusing on a few areas directly or indirectly: athletic weaknesses, negative skills, mental weaknesses and non-competitive roles (including appearance, attire, family and personal relationship). However, the use of certain descriptors might indicate the possibility of more gender-neutral representations of athletes in the future. It was concluded that while hegemonic masculinity was challenged at times, stereotypical beliefs about females were largely reinforced in the mediated gender representations on the two websites.

scholarly journals Game, set and match: evaluating the efficiency of male professional tennis players

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Glass ◽  
Karligash Kenjegalieva ◽  
Jason Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Tennis Players ◽  
Professional Tennis

An Analysis of Gender Inequality in Professional Tennis

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Hannah C. Mercer ◽  
Patrick S. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Prize Money ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Pay Disparity ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
The Mean

This paper examines the gender wage gap in professional sports using a pooled cross-section of professional tennis players across the years 2011-2017. The dependent variable is the prize money earned by the top fifty male and top fifty female ranked tennis players throughout the world. This prize money is measured in 2017 real dollar value. The independent variables include: number of tournaments played, age, rank differentiation, gender, country and WTA/ATP score. Gender inequality is measured by determining the wage gap shown through the mean prize money earned by the professional tennis players from 2011-2017. While prize money for men and women has recently become equal in the Grand Slam tournaments, there is evidence to show that women's prize money is considerably lower in the less-publicized tournaments. Results of the ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions suggest that there is evidence for a gender-related pay disparity in professional tennis due to a number of statistically significant variables including WTA/ATP score (+), age (+), country (+) and the gender (-) and year (+) dummies.

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