The Influence of functional training on biomotor skills in girl tennis players aged 10–12

Abstract

Background: ‪The purpose of this study is to examine whether functional training has an impact on biomotor skills of 10–12-year-old girls. Material and methods: ‪The study involved 20 girls (10 controls and 10 subjects) – who had been playing tennis for at least 2 years. A routine tennis training program was applied to the control group of tennis players participating in the study: 4 days a week, 90 minutes a day for 8 weeks. A 2+2 training program (2 days routine and 2 days functional training) was applied to the experimental group of tennis players for 8 weeks, 4 days a week, 90 minutes a day. At the end of the training program, biomotor tests were conducted. Results: ‪There was not any significant differences when the pre-test and post-test values of the control group of tennis players who performed traditional tennis training were compared with their biomotor skills and Wingate anaerobic power (p> .05). When the pre-test and post-test values of the experimental group of tennis players with 8-week functional tennis training were compared with their biomotor skills and Wingate anaerobic power, a significant difference was found in all variables (p <0.01). Conclusions: ‪The obtained data shows that the "functional training" programs implemented together with "routine tennis training" can positively improve the biomotor characteristics of 10–12 year-old girl tennis players.

Effects of athletic training on physical fitness and stroke velocity in healthy youth and adult tennis players: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…A total of 509 subjects aged between 6 and 42 years were investigated. Fifteen studies (14,26,28,30,31,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43) examined youth tennis players under 18 years and nine reports (10,11,15,24,25,27,29,32,38) were conducted with adult tennis players aged between 18 and 42 years. Thirteen studies (14, 15, 24, 27-29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 42, 43) investigated male tennis players, three studies (10, 11, 41) tested female players, five studies (25,26,30,35,40) examined both sexes while three studies (32,34,37) did not specify players' sex.…”

“…Fourteen studies (10,11,27,30,31,33,34,(36)(37)(38)(40)(41)(42)(43) investigated the influence of athletic training on measures of physical fitness and 15 studies (10, 11, 14, 15, 24-26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40) on parameters of stroke velocity. In terms of physical fitness, nine studies (10, 11,31,33,34,36,[40][41][42] examined lower-extremity muscle power and three studies (11,33,40) assessed upper-extremity muscle power. Five articles (10,11,31,34,41) analyzed tennisspecific endurance, eleven articles (11,27,30,33,34,(36)(37)(38)(41)(42)(43) investigated agility, nine studies (11,30,31,33,34,36,(40)(41)…”

“…In terms of physical fitness, nine studies (10, 11,31,33,34,36,[40][41][42] examined lower-extremity muscle power and three studies (11,33,40) assessed upper-extremity muscle power. Five articles (10,11,31,34,41) analyzed tennisspecific endurance, eleven articles (11,27,30,33,34,(36)(37)(38)(41)(42)(43) investigated agility, nine studies (11,30,31,33,34,36,(40)(41)(42) evaluated speed, two papers (11,36) explored balance, three articles (36,40,41)…”

“…Figure 2 shows the effects of athletic training on measures of speed in healthy tennis players. Eight studies (30,31,33,34,36,(40)(41)(42) investigated youth players and one study (11) dealt with adult players. For all players, the weighted mean SMD b amounted to 0.44 (9 studies, I 2 = 51%, Chi 2 = 24.2, df ¼ 12, p ¼ :02), which is indicative of a small effect favoring the EG.…”

Anthropometric and biomotor factors that determine the ability of field tennis service

“…Every biomotor abilities play an important role in sports activities, including mastering the basic technical skills of court tennis service (Diker et al, 2017). Biomotor ability plays a role in mastering the basic technical skills of tennis service, because in the biomotor consists of several components of physical condition which are very important to master the basic technique of serving in the game of tennis (Zirhli & Demirci, 2020). Because when serving in a tennis game, a service certainly involves or requires good physical condition.…”