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Key Physical Factors in the Serve Velocity of Male Professional Wheelchair Tennis Players

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  • Alejandro Sánchez-Pay

    (Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, C/Argentina, s/n, 30720 San Javier, Spain)

  • Rafael Martínez-Gallego

    (Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 13, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Miguel Crespo

    (International Tennis Federation, London SW15 5XZ, UK)

  • David Sanz-Rivas

    (Tennis Research Group, 28080 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the physical factors related to serve speed in male professional wheelchair tennis players (WT). Nine best nationally-ranked Spanish male wheelchair tennis players (38.35 ± 11.28 years, 63.77 ± 7.01 kg) completed a neuromuscular test battery consisting of: isometric handgrip strength; serve velocity; 5, 10 and 20 m sprint (with and without racket); agility (with and without racket); medicine ball throw (serve, forehand and backhand movements); and an incremental endurance test specific to WT. Significantly higher correlations were observed in serve (r = 0.921), forehand (r = 0.810) and backhand (r = 0.791) medicine ball throws showing a positive correlation with serve velocity. A regression analysis identified a single model with the medicine ball throw serve as the main predictor of serve velocity (r 2 = 0.847, p < 0.001). In conclusion, it is recommended that coaches and physical trainers include medicine ball throw workouts in the training programs of WT tennis players due to the transfer benefits to the serve speed.

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  • Alejandro Sánchez-Pay & Rafael Martínez-Gallego & Miguel Crespo & David Sanz-Rivas, 2021. "Key Physical Factors in the Serve Velocity of Male Professional Wheelchair Tennis Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-10, February.
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