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Counterfactual Feedback and Tennis
… was used with beginning participants. Beginning tennis skills were taught to each of the participants in a one-on-one practice sessions, two times a week for eight weeks. Journal entries, in-depth interviews, researcher observations, and video recordings were used for primary data collection. …
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Alternative Assessment in Tennis
… assessment tasks based on the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Schools Program Curriculum. These assessments might then be used to determine the effectiveness of the USTA Schools Program Curriculum as taught in selected schools. The two alternative assessment tasks developed for this …
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Differences in Bone Mineral Density Among Adolescent Female Tennis Players and Non-Tennis Players
… the differences in BMD among adolescent female tennis players (TP) and non-tennis players (NTP); 2) to determine the differences in body composition (BC) between adolescent female TP and NTP; 3) to determine whether BC variables (weight, fat mass, and lean mass) were predictive of differences in …
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Gesture Recognition in Tennis Biomechanics
… system that interprets motion capture data of a tennis player to determine which biomechanical aspects of a tennis swing best correlate to a swing efficacy. For our learning set this work aimed to record 50 tennis athletes of similar competency with the Microsoft Kinect performing standard tennis …
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Psychological factors in acquiring expertise in tennis: evidence from expert and non-expert tennis players and coaches
Acquiring expertise in tennis is a multi-factorial process. It involves the development of skill via deliberate practice, expertise in cognitive functioning and certain personality dispositions. The aim of this thesis was to ascertain what the most salient contributory factors are required to …
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Common injuries in sub-elite tennis players
Tennis is a popular racquet sport played at various ability levels. It can be played from early childhood through to an elderly age. The aim of this study was to determine the injuries obtained by Victorian Institute of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport and Grade 1 or State Grade pennant players …
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Antecedents of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players
… experience and symptoms of burnout in collegiate tennis players. Four inventories were used to assess the 86 collegiate participants (47 men, 39 women): the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ; Raedeke & Smith, 2001), the Trait Sport Confidence Inventory (TSCI; Vealey, 1986), the Life Orientation …
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Do Gender Inequalities Exist in Professional Tennis? An Examination of SportsCenter's™ Highlight Coverage of the 2007 Wimbledon Tennis Tournament.
… highlight coverage of the 2007 Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. The morning episode of the Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN) television show SportsCenter™ was videotaped daily during the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. Variables analyzed included total highlight time and average …
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Physiological performance characteristics of Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)
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Indicators of Fatigue in Collegiate Women Tennis Players
… sports science profile of collegiate women tennis players, as many other existing studies only provide data on Junior tennis players or middle-aged subjects. The purpose of this investigation was to examine seasonal changes in training and competition on physiological and psychological …
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An electromyographic-cinematographic analysis of the tennis serve
… muscles in performing the three basic types of tennis serves. The muscles investigated were the triceps, anterior deltoid, middle deltoid, and posterior deltoid when executing the flat, slice, and twist serves.
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Examining tennis coaches constructions of their role in a perfromance setting: What is it like to coach an elite junior tennis player?
… of what it is like to coach elite junior tennis players. The purpose of this PhD was to examine the lived coaching experience of independent tennis coaches and describe what it is like to be a coach of an elite junior tennis player. Using autoethnography to explore the first authors’ …
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Analytics in professional sports: Applications of analytics in tennis
… basketball, baseball, and soccer. Professional tennis has not developed analytics to this level yet, but there is a litany of research on the different technology platforms that are currently available and being developed for the sport. However, little is being done to understand the …
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Model Predictive Control Approaches for Dynamic Table Tennis Swinging
… control (MPC) formulations for robotic table tennis swinging, addressing the challenge of generating precise, real-time paddle trajectories for dynamic ball interactions. We explore key differences in optimization structure, solver strategy, and real-time implementation, evaluating each …
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A Study of International Student-Athlete Recruitment in Intercollegiate Tennis
… positions on men's or women's NCAA Division I tennis teams. Participants were chosen based on their experience with recruiting ISAs or being recruited as an ISA. A phenomenological framework was used to look at these questions and analyze the data that was produced through semi-structured …
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Statistically modelling tennis racket impacts with six degrees of freedom
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is responsible for protecting the nature of tennis. The ITF uses computational models to predict how trends in equipment parameters could affect the games future. The current ball-racket impact model is limited to non-spinning, on-axis, normal ball impact …
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Effects of a Simulated Tennis Match on Lymphocyte Subset Measurements
… assess and evaluate the affects of a simulated tennis match across two sessions on lymphocyte subsets. Initial measurements such as age, height, weight, skinfold analysis, and heart rate were recorded for each player, as well as blood samples being obtained by a finger prick before and after the …
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Profitability in Sports Betting: A Case Study of Men's Tennis
… a strategy can be built for the game of men’s tennis. Our methodology for creating a strategy consists of two components. First, it includes a predictive analytics component, in which we combine a large number of observable player, match, and tournament characteristics in order to estimate the …
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Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches' Perceptions of and Preferences for Continuing Education
… was to better understand U.S. intercollegiate tennis coaches’ perceptions of professional development and the factors that influence their participation in such endeavors. Based on discussions in the literature, a survey was created to quantify this population’s attitudes toward various …
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