Tennis - Science topic

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of on-court tennis training (OTT) combined with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or repeated sprint training (RST) on the physiological, kinematic, kinetic, and perceptual responses of young tennis players. Twenty-four male tennis players (age 13.6 ± 0.3 years) were randomly assigned to ei...

Background. Biomotor ability is essential for elite tennis players, as it significantly contributes to increased efficiency, responsiveness and overall performance on the court. Objectives. This study aimed to assess and measure the biomotor abilities of elite tennis players, examining both national and international levels, and focusing on their p...

Mental imagery is one of the most important mental skills that have an effective role in learning and developing athletes’ abilities through imagining skill performance and taking suitable decisions especially in beginner female students. All studies have proved that mental imagery aims at developing motor performance level as well as developing me...

The health and performance of athletes can be negatively impacted when table tennis injuries are misdiagnosed, leading to subpar recovery and an increased risk of recurrence. The inability of conventional approaches to gather detailed information in real-time during gameplay necessitates a fresh approach. This paper examines machine learning techni...

في السنوات الأخيرة، شهد عالم الرياضة تحولاً ثوريًا بفضل دمج الذكاء الاصطناعي في تحليلات الرياضة. لم يغير هذا التقدم التكنولوجي الطريقة التي تضع بها الفرق استراتيجياتها فحسب، بل رفع أيضًا الأداء العام وقيمة الترفيه في الأحداث الرياضية. الذكاء الاصطناعي، والذي يُشار إليه غالبًا بالاختصار AI، هو محاكاة للذكاء البشري في الآلات المبرمجة للتفكير والتعلم...

Purpose Our study explores the multifaceted factors influencing serve speed in volleyball, including player position, match progression, and league level, providing actionable insights for performance optimization and injury prevention strategies. Methods Using a cross-sectional approach, the study analyzes 15.347 serves from various leagues. A mu...

The aim of this study was to analyze tactical and technical trends in the orange (9 years) and green (10 years) stages of children's tennis competitions. This observational study used Cohen's Kappa index to verify intra-observer reliability (1.00). The results showed significant differences in the duration of points, subdivided into three moments,...

With the rapid growth of computer vision and deep learning technologies, the application of pose estimation and action recognition in sports training has become increasingly widespread. Due to factors such as complex movements, fast speed, and limb occlusion, pose estimation and action recognition in tennis face significant challenges. Therefore, t...

Memory intrusion is a characteristic of posttraumatic stress disorder manifesting as involuntary flashbacks of negative events. Interference of memory reconsolidation using cognitive tasks has been employed as a noninvasive therapy to prevent subsequent intrusive retrieval. The present study aims to test whether physical activity, with its cognitiv...

Objectives. This bibliometric analysis aimed to examine the trends, patterns, and significant contributions to the understanding of the one-handed backhand drive biomechanics in tennis from 2000 to 2024. Materials and methods. Using the Web of Science and Scopus databases, a systematic review of academic literature was conducted, including articles...

Background Calf muscle strain injuries (CMSI), also known as “tennis leg,” are frequently observed in middle-aged and physically active people, including non-professional athletes. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is frequently used to assess the extent of these injuries, the relationship between MRI findings and long-term functional outcomes...

Introduction Self-determination theory (SDT) highlights the importance of satisfying people’s basic psychological needs (BPN) (autonomy, competence and relatedness) in order to ensure their personal growth and wellbeing. In this regard, sport and physical activity (PA) have been shown to offer significant health benefits, particularly in the case o...

Objectives Climate change is increasing the risk of heat-related illness in outdoor sports. Coaches have a responsibility to protect the athletes in their care. In this study, the knowledge and practice of German coaches in heat prevention were evaluated nationwide. Methods Coaches (n = 1,200) from the ten largest outdoor sports in Germany were as...

Background Physical fitness (PF) is important for children's physical and cognitive development. There is increasing interest in the relationship between physical fitness, and executive function. Since it is unclear which physical fitness component benefits which domain of executive functioning, it’s challenging to develop effective physical interv...

This study aimed to identify the level of health measures followed by the Olympic Committee and the Jordanian sports federations to reduce the phenomenon of sudden death for athletes. The level of health measures followed by the Olympic Committee and the Jordanian sports federations to reduce the phenomenon of sudden death for athletes, and after c...

A tűzesetek jelentős veszélyt jelentenek az emberi életre és a vagyonbiztonságra, ezért a korai észlelés kulcsfontosságú a potenciális károk mérséklése szempontjából. A hagyományos tűzjelző rendszerek többnyire füstérzékelőkre vagy hőérzékelőkre támaszkodnak, amelyek viszont bizonyos esetekben (például bonyolult kialakítású, tagolt környezetben) ne...

A weakly magnetized neutron star (NS) undergoing disk accretion should release about a half of its power in a compact region known as the accretion boundary layer. Latitudinal spread of the accreted matter and efficient radiative cooling justify the approach to this flow as a two-dimensional spreading layer (SL) on the surface of the star. Numerica...

Overhead sports place a significant amount of stress on the shoulder. There are a variety of activities and sports with overhead athletes including both throwing (baseball, softball, football, cricket) and nonthrowing (tennis, swimming, volleyball) sports. Although all of these overhead motions can lead to pathology, a large focus has been on the c...

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Bevezetés: A krónikus fejfájás az egyik leggyakoribb, tartós munkaképtelenséghez vezető egészségügyi probléma, mely együtt járhat nemcsak az életminőség romlásával, hanem a depressziós, szorongásos panaszok megnövekedésével is. Krónikus fájdalom esetében az akut fájdalomcsillapítás hatásossága korlátozott, így a témába vágó nemzetközi kutatások egy...

Tóm tắt: bài báo này tiến hành phân tích chẩn đoán về hiệu quả quá trình ra quyết định trong kinh doanh của GAIE Từ khóa: GAIE, ra quyết định, kinh doanh I. Dẫn nhập: 1.1 Tổng quan về vấn đề nghiên cứu:-Triết lí giáo dục: "Tâm hồn Việt Nam, giáo dục thế giới."-Xây dựng môi trường giáo dục tiên phong, tôn trọng sự khác biệt và đa văn hóa, Trường Đại...

Cette recherche exploratoire visait à analyser l’activité de deux collégiens réalisant un match de tennis de table exploitant du jeu du « Cartaping » (Monnet, 2009). Plus précisément, il s’agissait de mettre à l’épreuve les hypothèses formulées par l’auteur, selon lesquelles le Cartaping aurait un impact positif sur les émotions des élèves, sur les...

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji pengaruh latihan groundstroke dengan area target terhadap akurasi pukulan groundstroke pada atlet Serbu Tenis Club (STC). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian eksperimen dengan desain one-group pretest-posttest design. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah atlet Serbu Tenis Club (STC). Sam...

This study examined the correlation between perceived importance and the recreational flow experience within the framework of recreational sport organizations. The research is structured as a quantitative study. The data collection instrument comprised three sections: a Personal Information Form developed by the research team, the Perceived Importa...

In Sweden, the history of sport is a discipline that mainly focuses on the modern era. Sporting life in earlier times has mainly been studied by ethnologists interested in the popular games and competitions of agrarian society. This article focuses instead on real tennis, which was evidently aristocratic in nature and known for its importance in es...

China has recently been the winner in a world table tennis competition. Since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China has consistently secured the first or second prize. Ma Long, for example, won two Olympic championships in 2016 and 2020. He is considered the most representative player in the history of table tennis and has significantly influenced th...

This study aimed to determine the correlation between interlimb asymmetries and physical performance metrics in adolescent female tennis players. Methods: Twenty-five female tennis players (age: 13.29 ± 0.98 years; weight: 52.52 ± 7.31 kg; height: 162.91 ± 6.02 cm) consented to participate in this study. Their performance was evaluated using variou...

Background. Table tennis players often use topspin shots in order to score. For many athletes, this stroke is crucial to winning, making it a favorite among players. It is more probable that accurate topspin strokes will make it harder for opponents to return the ball. As a result, players who can maintain topspin stroke accuracy over time are more...

A szólásszabadság hatálya és a beszéd védelme két összefüggő, de alapvetően eltérő kérdés. Amely beszéd (cselekedet) nem tartozik a hatálya alá, arra a szólásszabadság alkotmányos védelme nem terjed ki. Amely beszéd viszont odatartozik, ott vizsgálat tárgyává kell tenni az alkalmazott beszédkorlátozásnak a szólásszabadság védelmével való összeegyez...

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiential knowledge of tennis coaches as it related to the development of grip positions in tennis athletes. Accredited tennis coaches (n = 11) completed semi-structured interviews consisting of open-ended questions about their coaching background, the importance of grip positions compared with other...

In order to raise athletes’ technical proficiency and overall performance, this paper uses deep learning technology to precisely assess table tennis technical activities. The paper builds a hybrid neural network model for technical action analysis of table tennis players, based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)...

The key object tracking in sports video scenarios poses a pivotal challenge in the analysis of sports techniques and tactics. In table tennis, due to the small size and rapid motion of the ball, identifying and tracking the table tennis ball through video is a particularly arduous task, where the majority of existing detection and tracking algorith...

A physically active lifestyle offers multiple benefits, including lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease, lowering body-mass index (BMI), and, last but not least, improving the quality of life. However, there are still disincentives to physical activity in children with heart diseases due to the high protection of parents and the scarcity of d...

Polymers have transformed sportswear, bringing forth a new age of innovation. Because of these flexible materials, athletes in many disciplines benefit from lighter, more durable gear. Polymers significantly improve sports performance, ranging from carbon-fiber tennis rackets that increase power to cushioning polymers that reduce joint impact in ru...

Originally introduced to rank chess players, the Elo rating has also become a popular method for predicting the probability of winning tennis matches. In this paper, we utilize its predictive power to forecast the winners of major tournaments. After introducing different weighting schemes based on surfaces and tournament types, we apply Monte Carlo...

Tennis is an Olympic sport characterized by repetitive high intensity and variable game duration. The physical loads in tennis game are of a natural-applied nature, which makes it very suitable for practicing from an early age. Success in tennis depends on several factors, and to be competitive, players need a combination of speed, agility, and str...

Scott M. Graffius’ Two-Minute Video - ’The Wild World of Team Dynamics: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning’ [Still Images from Video] * * * * * Informed by the research of Bruce W. Tuckman and Mary Ann C. Jensen, over 100 subsequent studies, and Scott M. Graffius' first-hand professional experience with, and analysis of, team le...

Introduction Tennis Elbow, known also as Lateral Epicondylitis (LE) is a very common overuse injury affecting not only tennis players. Mainly, it causes pain, weakness in grip strength and difficulties with daily activities. Most patients are successfully treated with non-surgical methods but some of them eventually require surgical intervention. A...

The quadriceps angle, knowns as the Q-angle, is an anatomical feature of the human body that is still largely unknown and unstudied despite its initial discovery in the 1950s. The strength disparities between male and female athletes are largely determined by the Q-angle. In spite of a growing number of women participating in sports such as track,...

In sports journalism and among fans, there is an ongoing debate on identifying eras where the level of competition is extremely high. In tennis, a common question concerning the advent of the so-called ‘Big Three’—listed alphabetically, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal—is: Did these players lead to an unprecedented high level of comp...

Las investigaciones previas se han centrado, predominantemente, en los efectos de las diferentes superficies de las canchas sobre las respuestas de rendimiento de los jugadores de tenis profesionales y jóvenes. Sin embargo, los estudios sobre jugadores de tenis recreativos de mayor edad son limitados. Por lo tanto, el propósito de este estudio fue...

The present study aims to explore the levels of competitive anxiety among table tennis athletes, identifying the factors that contribute to it and the impact on performance. Objectives: measuring the level of competitive anxiety, identifying the psychological and physical factors that influence the level of competitive anxiety. Methods: as a resear...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of plyometric training on agility, balance, flexibility, and groundstroke depth in 9-12-year-old tennis players. A randomized controlled experimental design was employed in this cross-sectional study. Sixteen tennis players aged 9-12 participated in the study. Eight participants formed the control group a...

This study investigated the relationship between lower extremity biomechanics and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in table tennis players before and after fatigue. We compared the biomechanical changes in the lower limbs of table tennis players during landing after completing a chasse-step while stroking, both before and after fatigue. A fu...

The Internet background and the rapid change in science and technology promote the innovation of traditional college physical education, and the study uses the OpenPose method to detect the key points of students’ bodies in physical education and evaluate their postures. Meanwhile, based on the extraction of feature information of students’ movemen...

Introduction. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of elastic band exercises programme in assisting the training of amateur tennis players. Material and Methods. Study participants comprised 22 male amateur tennis players (participating in a minimum of two training sessions per week) aged 40-60. The participants were divided in...

Problem: The problem in this study is that there is no new smash instrument in table tennis. Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop smash instrument in table tennis. Methods: This research method is Research and Development (R&D). The population and sample in this study were 20 PTM Pasir Pengaraian table tennis athletes. The data colle...

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of motor imagery (MI: imagining the success or failure of a forehand or backhand shot) training according to an internal visual modality centred on the movement and the target to be reached on tennis performance. 66 young (Mage = 12.1 years) players were randomly divided into three groups: control,...

Table tennis is a sport with complex and fast-paced situations, requiring athletes to maintain strong mental focus to perform well during matches. This study aims to identify psychological function tests for assessing female table tennis athletes aged eight to nine in Long An Province. The study employed document review, interviews, neuropsychologi...

In table tennis, players are required to make quick decisions, swift reactions, flexible movements and fast swings. Physical fitness is, therefore, essential for success in this sport. This study aims to identify the key physical fitness criteria and standards for selecting female table tennis players aged 10–11 in Long An province. The research em...

The development of digital intelligence technology has created a brand new path for the improvement of physical education teaching quality. Aiming at the deficiencies of the current physical education teaching quality, the study introduces digital intelligence technology to design the strategy of physical education teaching quality improvement and...

This study investigates the effectiveness of an ICT-based training program in enhancing table tennis performance among students at a higher vocational college in Beijing, China. Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT), participants were assigned to either an experimental group, which received the ICT-enhanced training, or a control group, which f...

Background Understanding participation in sport is important for sport policy, strategy and management. Most research regarding participation in sport report general trends in participation rates. However, as societies trends in leisure-time activities are changing, we need to also understand the settings of sport participation. The aim of this stu...

Ein zentrales Problem des Mathematikunterrichts weltweit dürfte der unzureichende Einsatz adaptiver (Modellierungs-)Aufgaben sein. Oft müssen alle Lernenden einer Klasse an denselben Aufgaben mit einheitlichem Anforderungsniveau arbeiten. Dabei werden die Leistungsstarken oft unter- und die Leistungsschwachen häufig überfordert. Wir zeigen am Beisp...

Numerous studies have investigated the impact of resistance training (RT) and plyometric training (PT) set configurations (cluster sets [CS] and traditional sets [TS]) on lower body performance adaptations. However, the effects of these training modalities on upper body physical performance, particularly among Table Tennis (TT) players, remain uncl...

The objective of this study is to assess the impact of return board-based forehand drive instruction on Central Java junior high school students in Class VIII. Experimental research employing a two-group pretest-posttest design, this study consists of a pre-treatment pretest and a post-treatment posttest. Sixteen return drill training sessions were...

The aim of the article is to confirm the Scale on Efficacy in Tennis (SET) beliefs proposed by Costa, Livi and Polani in 2015, and then apply it with a group of tennis players before and after the matches, verifying any changes. Two studies were therefore carried out, the first involved 224 tennis players, 180 males and 44 females, aged between 10...

Background: Lateral epicondylitis impacts 1–3% of the population. It affects nearly half of all tennis players, primarily due to repetitive forearm muscle use leading to pain at the lateral elbow, particularly at the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon. While conservative treatments resolve most cases, 4–11% of patients with persistent pain requi...

Wearable sensing devices can reliably track players' mobility, revolutionizing sports training. However, current sensing electronics face challenges due to their complex structures, battery dependence, and unreliable sensing signals. Here, a tennis training system is demonstrated using machine learning based on elastic self‐powered sensing yarns. B...

Alternative splicing (AS) is a ubiquitous mechanism in eukaryotes. It is estimated that 90% of human genes are alternatively spliced. Despite enormous efforts, transcriptome annotations remain, nevertheless, incomplete. Conventional means of annotation were largely driven by experimental data such as RNA-seq and protein sequences, while little insi...

This study aimed to examine the acute and chronic effects of an exercising table tennis program on cardiac Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and functional capacity in people with tetraplegia. Twenty males with tetraplegia (C6-C7), with a mean age of 38.50 ± 4.04 years old, were randomly assigned into two equal groups: A, who followed a 6-month exerci...

Plantaris muscle though a vestigial muscle and absent in 10% of cases still has a diagnostic and clinical importance e.g., of its being an isolated cause of tennis leg. This study was done on 50 lower limbs of 25 adult cadavers for morphology and prevalence of plantaris muscle in our region. We have observed absence of plantaris muscle in about 26%...

Sponges are remarkably active animals with a range of behaviors that are broadly termed sneezes. Little is known about what triggers sneezes or how sneezes propagate in an animal that lacks either muscular or nervous systems. We explored the triggers of sponge behavior in situ in the demosponge Suberites concinnus . The placement of this tennis bal...

The health emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak led to a global economic crisis that affected virtually all industries, including sports. However, this crisis also encouraged some organizations to be proactive and adapt to stay competitive and visualize a future that allows better competitive, economic, and organizational results. This study o...

Introduction Tennis is a globally popular sport known for its numerous health benefits. However, it also underscores the physical demands and potential injuries associated with high-performance play. This review emphasizes the role of kinetic chains in executing powerful movements and discusses common injuries, particularly in the upper limbs due t...

Tennis is a popular game among people of all ethnicities. During the game, players work their lower limbs intensively, which leads to their knee joints getting very painful and injured. Many injuries can be sustained during play, including ligament sprains, tears to the meniscus, and pains to the patellar tendon due to sudden stops, changes of dire...

Background Transarterial microembolization (TAME) is a minimally invasive treatment for chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Identifying angiogenesis and the supplying vessels of the target joint is important but challenging. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to diagnose musculoskeletal diseases, it typically excludes vascula...

This study aims to determine the Effect of Training Methods on the Accuracy of Court Tennis Reviewed from Eye Hand Coordination. This study uses a 2x2 factorial design experiment, which is an experimental design method that combines several independent variables while still considering the potential impact of factorials. Moderator variable on the o...

In forehand strokes with different grips in tennis, the forearm muscle activities, the distribution and attenuation of the impact loads, and the effects of the muscles on the impact load attenuation exhibited different characteristics. This study aimed to explore these characteristics by analyzing electromyography (EMG) and acceleration data, and c...

The reason why China’s table tennis can continue to this day is because it is an important heritage sports event in the country. In order to ensure the high-level performance of the Chinese table tennis team in the game, the identification and detection of its sports characteristics is a very meaningful work. With the development of computer techno...

Tennis, a widely enjoyed sport, motivates athletes and coaches to optimize training for competitive success. This retrospective predictive study examines anthropometric features and statistics of 1990 tennis players in the 2022 season, using 20,040 data points retrospectively obtained from the ATP official source after the end of the season. These...

Table tennis is the most popular sport among all people, which damages every joints of the body to a certain extent, and is an example of scientific sports analysis and popularization. Analyzing the causes of joint and muscle injuries in table tennis and seeking effective preventive measures can not only reduce the incidence of sports injuries, but...