YOUTH TENNIS PLAYER SERVES ACCURACY WITH RESPECT TO DIFFERENT RACKETS VARIATIONS

Authors

  • Dan Mihai GHERŢOIU Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. *Corresponding author: ghertoiudan@yahoo.com
  • Cosmin Mihai MOCA Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(4).31

Keywords:

tennis, accuracy, youth, equipment, serving.

Abstract

Introduction. Historically, biomechanics research has examined discrete kinematics, however there is now a general appreciation that tennis racket weight, size and sweet-spot vibration play equally important roles in the execution of assorted movement skills in youth players. Objective. The aim of this paper was to determine if young tennis players can accurately perform a tennis serve with altered forms of their preferred rackets. Materials and Methods. The participants in this study were young tennis players (N = 12), males, with the ages between 14 and 15 years old. Results. There was a significant difference in the scores for weighted and threaded rackets for both the left-to-right and right-to-left serve directions. Conclusion. Our study managed to show that a different kind of racket can affect the serving accuracy in youth tennis players.

REZUMAT. Acuratețea serviciului în tenis la jucători tineri în funcție de rachetă. Introducere. Istoric, cercetările din biomecanică au examinat particularități ale mișcării dar acum există un consens că particularitățile rachetei de tenis au un rol la fel de important în execuția procedeelor tehnice la jucătorii tineri. Obiective. Scopul acestei lucrări este de a vedea dacă jucătorii tineri de tenis pot să servească cu acuratețe cu o rachetă diferită de cea preferată. Material și metode. Participanții în acest studio au fost jucători tineri de tenis (N=12), băieți cu vârsta între 14 și 15 ani. Rezultate. S-a observat o diferență semnificativă pentru rachetele diferite atât pentru serviciile stânga-dreapta cât și pentru cele dreapta-stânga. Concluzii. Studiul nostru a reușit să arate că tipuri diferite de rachetă pot influența acuratețea serviciului la jucătorii tineri de tenis.

Cuvinte cheie: tenis, acuratețe, tineri, echipament, serviciu in tenis.

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Published

2020-12-30

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GHERŢOIU, D. M., & MOCA, C. M. (2020). YOUTH TENNIS PLAYER SERVES ACCURACY WITH RESPECT TO DIFFERENT RACKETS VARIATIONS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Educatio Artis Gymnasticae, 65(4), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(4).31

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