An integrated physiological and performance profile of professional tennis * COMMENTARY
- 8 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 41 (8), 531-536
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2006.031351
Abstract
Objective: To describe the physiological responses to tournament tennis in relation to prevailing environmental conditions, match notation, and skills that underpin performance. Design: 14 male professional tennis players (mean (SD) age, 21.4 (2.6) years; height, 183.0 (6.9) cm; body mass, 79.2 (6.4) kg) were studied while contesting international tennis tournaments. Environmental conditions, match notation, physiological (core temperature, hydration status, heart rate, blood variables), and performance indices (serve kinematics, serve velocity, error rates) were recorded. Results: Hard and clay court tournaments elicited similar peak core temperature (38.9 (0.3) v 38.5 (0.6)°C) and average heart rate (152 (15) v 146 (19) beats/min) but different body mass deficit (1.05 (0.49) v 0.32 (0.56)%, pv 17.2 (3.3) s, pr = −0.74 and r = −0.73, pr = 0.73 and r = 0.73, pConclusions: Participants began matches in a poor state of hydration, and experienced moderate thermoregulatory strain and dehydration during competition. These adverse physiological conditions may compromise performance and influence notational analyses.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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