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. 2020 Jul 21:73:181-192.
doi: 10.2478/hukin-2019-0142. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Effects of Resisted Vs. Conventional Sprint Training on Physical Fitness in Young Elite Tennis Players

Manuel Moya-Ramon  1 , Fabio Yuzo Nakamura  2   3   4 , Anderson Santiago Teixeira  5   6 , Urs Granacher  7 , Francisco Javier Santos-Rosa  8 , David Sanz-Rivas  9 , Jaime Fernandez-Fernandez  9   10
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Effects of Resisted Vs. Conventional Sprint Training on Physical Fitness in Young Elite Tennis Players

Manuel Moya-Ramon et al. J Hum Kinet. .

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the effects of 6-week resisted sprint (RST) versus conventional (unresisted) sprint training (CG) on sprint time, change of direction (COD) speed, repeated sprint ability (RSA) and jump performance (countermovement jump (CMJ) and standing long jump (SLJ)) in male young tennis players. Twenty players (age: 16.5 ± 0.3 years; body mass: 72.2 ± 5.5 kg; body height: 180.6 ± 4.6 cm) were randomly assigned to one of the two groups: RST (n = 10) and CG (n = 10). The training program was similar for both groups consisting of acceleration and deceleration exercises at short distances (3-4 m), and speed and agility drills. The RST group used weighted vests or elastic cords during the exercises. After 6 weeks of intervention, both training regimes resulted in small-to-moderate improvements in acceleration and sprint ability (5, 10, 20 m), SLJ and CMJ performances, COD pivoting on both, the non-dominant (moderate effect) and the dominant (small effect) foot, and the percentage of decrement (small effects) during a RSA test. Between-group comparisons showed that the SLJ (Δ = 2.0%) and 5 m sprint time (Δ = 1.1%) improved more in the RST group compared with the CG group. This study showed that 6 weeks of RST or unresisted training are time-efficient training regimes for physical improvements in young male tennis players.

Keywords: power; sprint performance; tennis; young athletes.

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Figure 1
Effects of Resisted Sprint Training (RST) versus Conventional Sprint Training (CG) on repeated sprint ability, change of direction speed, standing long jump (SLJ), countermovement (CMJ), and running sprint performances. Bars indicate uncertainty in the true mean changes (with 90% confidence limits). Grey area represents the smallest worthwhile change.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Within-player correlations of the absolute changes (Δ) in standing long jump (SLJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) with absolute changes (Δ) in running sprint performances.
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