Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball over or around a net and into the opponent's court. Points are awarded to a player or team whenever the opponent fails to correctly return the ball within the prescribed dimensions of the court.
Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. Tennis returned as a medal sport in 1988.
Since then, the sport is growing in popularity, however, further research is still needed in order to understand the factors underpinning performance, as well as the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support that should be considered by athletes and coaches.
The aim of this Research Topic is to build on the existing scientific literature on tennis and further explore training, testing, and performance at the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
- Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological and nutritional factors
- Training interventions and testing in tennis
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation in tennis
- Acute and chronic effects of tennis
- Development pathways for tennis
- Recent developments within tennis research
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball over or around a net and into the opponent's court. Points are awarded to a player or team whenever the opponent fails to correctly return the ball within the prescribed dimensions of the court.
Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. Tennis returned as a medal sport in 1988.
Since then, the sport is growing in popularity, however, further research is still needed in order to understand the factors underpinning performance, as well as the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support that should be considered by athletes and coaches.
The aim of this Research Topic is to build on the existing scientific literature on tennis and further explore training, testing, and performance at the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
- Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological and nutritional factors
- Training interventions and testing in tennis
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation in tennis
- Acute and chronic effects of tennis
- Development pathways for tennis
- Recent developments within tennis research