Effects of Postactivation Potentiation on Tennis Serve Velocity and Accuracy

Terraza-Rebollo, Manuel; Baiget, Ernest

doi:10.1123/ijspp.2019-0240

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“…The tennis serve is a technical/tactical skill which plays a critical role in the outcome of a tennis match, and, particularly, ball velocity is a key variable in determining a successful play [44]. We observed that serve velocity increased 1.2% with BJ ingestion, not reaching statistical significance in our study (p = 0.536).…”

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Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players

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Beetroot juice (BJ) contains high levels of inorganic nitrate (NO3−) and its intake has good evidence in increasing blood nitrate/nitrite concentrations. The ingestion of BJ has been associated with improvements in physical performance of endurance sports, however the literature in intermittent sports is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate whether BJ could improve physical performance in tennis players. Thirteen well-trained tennis players (25.4 ± 5.1 years) participated in the study during their preparatory period for the tennis season. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups and performed a neuromuscular test battery after either BJ or placebo (PLA) consumption. Both trials were executed on two separate days, in randomized order, with one week of wash out period. The test battery consisted of serve velocity test (SVT), countermovement jump (CMJ), isometric handgrip strength (IHS), 5-0-5 agility test (5-0-5), and 10 m sprint (10-m). No significant differences were found in SVT (1.19%; p = 0.536), CMJ (0.96%; p = 0.327), IHS (4.06%; p = 0.069), 5-0-5 dominant and nondominant side (1.11–2.02%; p = 0.071–0.191) and 10-m (1.05%; p = 0.277) when comparing BJ and PLA ingestion. Thus, our data suggest that low doses of BJ (70 mL) consumption do not enhance tennis physical performance.

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Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players

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“…Therefore, we can only partially confirm this hypothesis. A previous study has analyzed the effects of physical fatigue on service, without observing significant effects [9]. In contrast, significant positive effects on service have been reported after tennis matches implementing physical recovery protocols [28].…”

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“…Although speed and accuracy have been shown to be related, few studies have simultaneously analyzed the speed and accuracy of the serve [7,8], or even the relationship between the speed and the accuracy of the serve, taking into account the effect of a physical load on these variables. In this regard, Terraza et al [9] examined the post-activation potentiation effect on serve speed and accuracy in young competition tennis players using high-intensity exercises. They did not find any significant effect of upper and lower body heavy-load resistance exercises on serve accuracy in young competition tennis players.…”

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Effects of Combined HIIT and Stroop on Strength Manifestations, Serve Speed and Accuracy in Recreational Tennis Players

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Background: The importance of the serve in tennis players’ performance is well known but no previous studies have analyzed the effects of both physical and cognitive fatigue on the speed and accuracy of the serve. This study analyzed the effect of a High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with and without cognitive load on serve speed and accuracy, spirometry, and strength manifestation. Methods: 32 recreational players (25 men and 7 women; aged 21.40 ± 1.52 years) performed a HIIT and a HIIT with a Stroop in recovery phases before performing a series of tennis services. Speed and accuracy of the services, spirometry, and strength manifestations were registered. Results: The main findings of the study showed that strength manifestations and spirometry were not affected by either protocol. A decrease in serve speed was observed in both protocols (p < 0.001) but service accuracy did not show impairments (p = 0.66). Conclusion: A combination of physical and mental fatigue may decrease serve speed but will not affect strength manifestations or spirometry negatively. These results could be caused by a response of the central nervous system to maintain the accuracy of the ball in presence of fatigue.

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“…Also, it was probably due to the subjects were asked to hit the ball at maximum velocity, causing more variability in the accuracy and consequently decreasing the reliability. This fact has been observed in tennis [ 16 , 42 ] and dart throwing [ 43 ], though there is some controversy because it has also been observed a positive correlation between velocity and accuracy in tennis [ 44 ].…”

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“…Despite being two common methods in tennis strength training, which have shown improvements in tennis strokes when trained from 6 to 8 weeks [ 4 , 5 , 12 ] their acute and delayed effects in ball velocity and accuracy in competition tennis players had not been investigated until now. Related to the acute effects, it has not been observed post-activation potentiation effects in tennis serve velocity and accuracy performing complex training by using MB [ 15 ] or RT [ 16 ]. To our knowledge, no more studies investigated the acute effects of strength training in stroke tennis performance and no studies about acute and delayed effects were found.…”

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Acute and delayed effects of strength training in ball velocity and accuracy in young competition tennis players

Terraza-Rebollo¹,

Baiget

2021

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This study aimed to investigate the acute and delayed effects of medicine ball throws and resistance training in ball velocity and accuracy of serve, forehand and backhand in young competition tennis players. A crossover-randomized design was used with 10 competition tennis players (6 girls and 4 boys between 14 and 18 years old). The subjects performed 6 stroke test sessions, 3 for each strength protocol. The velocity and accuracy of strokes were measured before (basal situation), 3 minutes, 24 and 48 hours after the protocol. Medicine ball throws protocol was performed by accomplishing 3 sets of 6 repetitions using a 2 kg ball, throwing it at maximal speed. Resistance training protocol was performed by accomplishing 3 sets of 6 repetitions at 75% one-repetition maximum, lifting the load at maximal speed of bench press, dead lift, one hand row and half squat. There were no significant (p > 0.05) differences in all strokes, regarding ball velocity and accuracy after each method and each recovery time, compared to the basal situation. These results suggest that medicine ball throws and resistance training methods have no acute and delayed detrimental effects on stroke velocity and accuracy in young competition tennis players.

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Effects of Postactivation Potentiation on Tennis Serve Velocity and Accuracy

Cited by 12 publications

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Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players

Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players

Effects of Combined HIIT and Stroop on Strength Manifestations, Serve Speed and Accuracy in Recreational Tennis Players

Acute and delayed effects of strength training in ball velocity and accuracy in young competition tennis players

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