ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine2014
Fitness testing of tennis players: how valuable is it?
Review in British journal of sports medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07398547 (The Effect of Training Frequency on Explosive Strength in Adolescent Tennis Players During a Six-Week Functional Training Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 72 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Training Frequency on Explosive Strength in Adolescent Tennis Players During a Six-Week Functional Training Program
Who cites it
72 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of neuromuscular warm-up on athletes' change-of-direction performance and knee isokinetic muscle strength: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Physical Performance Tests in 8008 Competitive Youth Tennis Players-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Normative Values.European journal of sport science · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Flywheel versus Traditional Resistance Training on Change of Direction Performance in Male Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of Resistance Training on Change-of-Direction Speed in Youth and Young Physically Active and Athletic Adults: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Effects of low-volume court-based sprint interval training on anaerobic capacity and sport-specific performance in competitive tennis players.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
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- Data-Driven Multidimensional Performance Profiling in U10 Tennis Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluating tennis player performance based on different types of grip strength.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Agreement-Based Validation of ISOMETRO for Upper-Limb Isometric Tension Measurements.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Six-week effects of ankle bracing and taping on specific performance in tennis collegiate players: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Normative data and predictors of trunk muscle endurance performance in young tennis players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Physiological and performance effects of a simulated prolonged service game in competitive male tennis players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Effects of a 6-week horizontal speed deceleration training on measures of physical fitness in youth tennis players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Comparative Study in Physical Fitness in Recreative Young Padel Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Physical Parameters in Young Competitive Padel Players: Strength, Power, Agility, and Smash Velocity Assessments.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Athletic Shoulder Test in Adolescent Tennis Players.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Performance level discriminative validity of agility tests in youth tennis players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
In tennis, sport-specific technical skills are predominant factors, although a complex profile of physical performance factors is also required. The fitness test batteries assist in examining tennis players' capabilities for performance at different levels in the laboratory as well as in the field, in the junior or elite level. While laboratory tests can be, and are, used to evaluate basic performance characteristics of athletes in most individual sports, in a more specific approach, field-based methods are better suited to the demands of complex intermittent sports like tennis. A regular test battery performed at different periods of the year allows to obtain an individual's performance profile, as well as the ability to prescribe individual training interventions. Thus, the aim of the present review was to describe and evaluate the different physical tests recommended and used by practitioners, sports scientists and institutions (national tennis federations).
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