Anticipatory information sources of serve and returning of elite professional tennis players: A qualitative approach

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17479541221092345" target="_blank" >10.1177/17479541221092345</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anticipatory information sources of serve and returning of elite professional tennis players: A qualitative approach

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Kinematic and contextual information is important for players as they can use these for anticipation and facilitating motor responses. The interaction of the use of this information with an understanding of how the mind works in elite players is crucial but difficult to obtain by empirical research methods. The aim was to: (i) explore and identify anticipatory information sources among professional tennis players, (ii) verify findings of Vernon et al.(I) and elaborate on these findings based upon the perspective of European players and coaches. We interviewed 9 active or former professional players (current coaches) for 30-60 min each, replicating the same methodology and questions as Vernon.(I) An open-coding analysis approach was used, with codes to identify common themes extracted from the transcribed interviews. Our findings were generally in support of Vernon&apos;s findings, verifying the importance of ball toss kinematics, contextual information sources such as the score or weather, as well as the importance of constantly updating the available kinematic and contextual information sources throughout the match. We elaborate on these findings by providing more detail regarding Vernon&apos;s findings, and add new sources of information mentioned by the interviewed players such as server&apos;s rear foot position and server&apos;s gaze. Participants shared information about their returning strategies, how they build pressure on the server, and their own service return practice, noting that this is not practiced as much as they would like it to be. Overall, focus on developing and improving visual anticipation skill is limited, even at this level of expertise.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anticipatory information sources of serve and returning of elite professional tennis players: A qualitative approach

Popis výsledku anglicky

Kinematic and contextual information is important for players as they can use these for anticipation and facilitating motor responses. The interaction of the use of this information with an understanding of how the mind works in elite players is crucial but difficult to obtain by empirical research methods. The aim was to: (i) explore and identify anticipatory information sources among professional tennis players, (ii) verify findings of Vernon et al.(I) and elaborate on these findings based upon the perspective of European players and coaches. We interviewed 9 active or former professional players (current coaches) for 30-60 min each, replicating the same methodology and questions as Vernon.(I) An open-coding analysis approach was used, with codes to identify common themes extracted from the transcribed interviews. Our findings were generally in support of Vernon&apos;s findings, verifying the importance of ball toss kinematics, contextual information sources such as the score or weather, as well as the importance of constantly updating the available kinematic and contextual information sources throughout the match. We elaborate on these findings by providing more detail regarding Vernon&apos;s findings, and add new sources of information mentioned by the interviewed players such as server&apos;s rear foot position and server&apos;s gaze. Participants shared information about their returning strategies, how they build pressure on the server, and their own service return practice, noting that this is not practiced as much as they would like it to be. Overall, focus on developing and improving visual anticipation skill is limited, even at this level of expertise.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

ISSN

1747-9541

e-ISSN

2048-397X

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

761-771

Kód UT WoS článku

000783858700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85129246909