Summary
Virtually all professional tennis players are in continuous pursuit of enhanced performance.
With the modern game becoming increasingly dynamic and tournament schedules no less
demanding, the importance of physical fitness is well accepted. Indeed, most professional
tennis players resource strength and conditioning specialists on a full- or part-time
basis. As tennis play is characterised by intricate bio-energetics, planning specific
strength and conditioning interventions represents a significant challenge for the
specialist. Further, where game physiology and mechanics have been described extensively,
critiques of the efficacy of different training initiatives are far less common. This
review therefore considers the current scientific, tennis-specific fitness training
evidence base in light of contemporary conditioning, and more particularly resistance
training, practices.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 11,
2007
Received in revised form:
May 7,
2007
Received:
January 4,
2007
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