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Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players

Background: The purpose of the study was to examine whether neuromuscular fitness contributes significantly to the success of eAlite junior tennis players of differing ages and sexes. Methods: The 160 participants, who were elite Hungarian junior tennis players (aged 11–17), were separated into four...

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Autores principales: Dobos, Karoly, Novak, Dario, Barbaros, Petar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204221
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126512
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Novak, Dario
Barbaros, Petar
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description Background: The purpose of the study was to examine whether neuromuscular fitness contributes significantly to the success of eAlite junior tennis players of differing ages and sexes. Methods: The 160 participants, who were elite Hungarian junior tennis players (aged 11–17), were separated into four groups within this study, and 10 different types of field tests were used. Results: A moderate significant correlation was found between the results of the 5 m run (r = −0.42; r = −0.45), standing long jump (r = 0.39; r = 0.56), overhand ball throw (r = 0.44; r = 0.53), serve (r = 0.39; r = 0.64), amount of push-ups in 30 seconds (r = 0.32; r = 0.48), 10 × 5 m run in a shuttle run (r = −0.34; r = −0.45), the spider run (r = −0.34; r = −0.52), and competitive tennis success among U14 and U18 girls. A significant correlation between the overhead medicine ball throw test value (r = 0.47) and the current competitive performance was found only among U18 elite female tennis players. In contrast, no correlation was found between the values of the U14 and U18 male tennis players and their current competitive performance. Conclusions: Additional studies are needed to identify interventions that can increase sport-specific neuromuscular fitness with the ultimate goal of achieving better performance.
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spelling pubmed-82963392021-07-23 Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players Dobos, Karoly Novak, Dario Barbaros, Petar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The purpose of the study was to examine whether neuromuscular fitness contributes significantly to the success of eAlite junior tennis players of differing ages and sexes. Methods: The 160 participants, who were elite Hungarian junior tennis players (aged 11–17), were separated into four groups within this study, and 10 different types of field tests were used. Results: A moderate significant correlation was found between the results of the 5 m run (r = −0.42; r = −0.45), standing long jump (r = 0.39; r = 0.56), overhand ball throw (r = 0.44; r = 0.53), serve (r = 0.39; r = 0.64), amount of push-ups in 30 seconds (r = 0.32; r = 0.48), 10 × 5 m run in a shuttle run (r = −0.34; r = −0.45), the spider run (r = −0.34; r = −0.52), and competitive tennis success among U14 and U18 girls. A significant correlation between the overhead medicine ball throw test value (r = 0.47) and the current competitive performance was found only among U18 elite female tennis players. In contrast, no correlation was found between the values of the U14 and U18 male tennis players and their current competitive performance. Conclusions: Additional studies are needed to identify interventions that can increase sport-specific neuromuscular fitness with the ultimate goal of achieving better performance. MDPI 2021-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8296339/ /pubmed/34204221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126512 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players
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title_full Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players
title_fullStr Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players
title_full_unstemmed Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players
title_short Neuromuscular Fitness Is Associated with Success in Sport for Elite Female, but Not Male Tennis Players
title_sort neuromuscular fitness is associated with success in sport for elite female, but not male tennis players
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204221
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126512
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