ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Analysis of Specific Physical Fitness in High-Level Table Tennis Players-Sex Differences.
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- Correlation between upper limb proprioception and stroke effect of table tennis players.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Jump Capacity and Elastic Index in Table Tennis Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the winning technical and tactical actions of the best female table tennis players in the years 1970-2021.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effects of 8 weeks of multi-directional movement training combined with balance training on the change of direction of young table tennis players.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- The difference of dynamic elasticity characteristics and stroke effect between two types of new material seamed plastic table tennis ball.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effect of table tennis balls with different materials and structures on the hardness and elasticity.PloS one · 2024Article
- Analysis of Technical-Tactical Actions in High-Level Table Tennis Players: Differences between Sexes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Physical fitness in young top level table tennis players: differences between sex, age and playing style.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Analysis of the spatial distribution of the serve and the type of serve-return in elite table tennis. Sex differences.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Table tennis performance depends on multiple factors such as technique, tactics and fitness. Several studies have focused on investigating different technical-tactical variables. However, research analysing the specific physical qualities of this sport is scarce, particularly in the female sex. The aim of the present study was to assess the physical fitness variables associated with individual performance in elite table tennis players according to sex. Forty-eight elite players divided into males (n = 24; 25.38 ± 4.01 years) and females (n = 24; 22.33 ± 3.83 years) participated in the study. To determine physical fitness, participants performed vertical jump, hand grip strength, ergospirometry and lateral displacement tests (reaction time, displacement time and lateral acceleration). Male players showed higher values in vertical jump, hand grip strength and maximum oxygen consumption (p < 0.001). Likewise, male players moved laterally faster (p < 0.001). On the other hand, female players had a better reaction time towards the dominant side (p < 0.01). Elite male table tennis players showed better physical fitness compared to female players. Due to the scarcity of data on elite table tennis players, these results can serve as reference values for different table tennis practitioners.
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