COMPARISON OF CENTER OF GRAVITY MOVEMENT IN SELECTED TENNIS PLAYERS

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

COMPARISON OF CENTER OF GRAVITY MOVEMENT IN SELECTED TENNIS PLAYERS

Original language description

Tennis is a very nice sport, which can be played on different performance levels. Optimal tennis tech- nique requires the activation of the whole body. While the dominant upper extremity plays a crucial role, the correct tennis shot should also be based on adequate activities of other body parts, e.g. non-hitting upper extremity, legs, body core, etc. We focus on comparison of the trunk (core) activity in three players of different tennis quality. Three-dimensional kinematic analysis with the help of Simi Motion software has been used and we achieved precise kinematic parameters of 13 body segments and tennis racket. However, the most important in this study were trajectories, velocities and acce- lerations of center of gravity during the tennis shots. We took into consideration forward-backward, side (lateral) and vertical motion of center of gravity (x, y and z axis) and absolute velocities and accelerations of hitting upper extremity with tennis racket and center of gravity as well. We were comparing data taken from three tennis players. The first represented the highest tennis level (inter- national) – 751st in ATP ranking, the second ranked 23rd in Slovak national ranking and the lowest quality was a Slovak junior tennis player ranked 2nd in Slovak national junior ranking. Their ages were 25, 25 and 17 respectively. Each played made 10 shots, which were recorded, and the best one was selected. This data has been evaluated and compared to each other. Based on this analysis and comparison of the motion of center of gravity, its range, velocity and acceleration before, during and after forehand tennis shot we found significant differences between the tested players. This confirmed the very important role of the core during tennis movements, which has influence on the quality of tennis strokes.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

STUDIA KINANTROPOLOGICA

ISSN

1213-2101

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Volume of the periodical

2/2016

Issue of the periodical within the volume

XVII

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

123-129

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