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Relationship of Speed, Agility, Neuromuscular Power, and Selected Anthropometrical Variables and Performance Results of Male and Female Junior Tennis Players
Goran Munivrana
; University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology, Split, Croatia
Aleš Filipčić
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tjaša Filipčić
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to analyses the relation between the selected speed, agility, and neuromuscular power test
items. The sample of subjects consisted of 154 male and 152 female young tennis players. Using six motor and three anthropometrical
tests we investigate differences between males and females and between two age categories. Finally, we
analyzed the relation between motor and anthropometrical tests and a player’s tennis performance. The correlation between
the two agility test items and 5-m sprint is very large in male players, while only moderate with 20-m sprint in female
category. Male tennis players have higher correlations between speed test items and neuromuscular test items. The speed
test item (5-m sprint) has large correlation with a player’s tennis performance. One-way analysis of variance results indicated
that young male tennis players performed signifi cantly better than females in all motor test items. Signifi cant differences
between genders have not been revealed only in the body mass index. Differences between the males aged 18&
under and 16& under have been noted as signifi cant in all test items, except the vertical jump, while differences between
the females have been noted as signifi cant in three anthropometrical tests, quarter jump, and the fan-drill test. Regression
analyses have shown that the system of prediction variables explains a relatively small part of variance (46% – males and
40% – females). In both genders, it has been revealed that test items measuring speed signifi cantly infl uence a player’s
tennis performance.
Ključne riječi
tennis; speed; agility; neuromuscular power; performa
Hrčak ID:
147621
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Datum izdavanja:
14.7.2015.
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