Using technology in modern tennis: an insight into the practice of the world’s top tennis player
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Technology, analysis, GPSAbstract
Investigating physical activity profiles of individual-sport practice and competition provides coaches with an understanding of the aspects of physical fitness that may influence match performance. In the present study, we tracked (1) the activity profiles in approximately a 30-minute period of practice of a top tennis player, and (2) the intensity of activity during predefined periods of practice match-play of the player. The player wore the GPS device (OptimEye S5, Catapult, Australia) during their on-court practice. It can be concluded that using technology in modern tennis could be of great help for coaches in order to avoid overtraining but also enables coaches to greatly improve the quality of feedback to their athletes.
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