Effects of Plyometric Training on University Female Tennis Players' Physical Fitness and Serve Performance

University of Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Illness; Skill, Coping

Treatments: Other: Plyometric training; Other: Routine training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05802030

Deng Nuannuan

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to examine the effects of upper and lower limb plyometric training on the selected physical fitness and serve performance among university female tennis players in China.

The main hypothesis of this study is to evaluate whether there are significant effects of 8 weeks of upper and lower limb plyometric training on selected physical fitness and serve performance among university female tennis players in China.

Full description

This intervention lasted for 8 weeks, two times each week, for 30-60 minutes of low-high intensity exercise. The content of the experimental group and control group of exercises mainly includes warm-up, primary content, and cool down. The intervention included push-ups and medicine ball exercises for the upper limbs and jumping, hopping exercises for the lower limbs. Exercises for the upper limbs were immediately followed by lower-limb exercises, with no intervening rest periods. all plyometric exercises, including those involving the upper and lower limbs, were executed with maximal effort, with the goal of reducing contact time during each repetition, and with no allowance for rest periods between jumps. During the intervention, the control group just continued with their regular training regime (e.g., normal fitness training, and injury prevention drills), twice a week, for the duration of the experiment.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. University female tennis players (aged 18-24 years old);
2. Players who had been trained professionally for more than three years
3. No history of recent surgery, no rehabilitation for the past 12 months;
4. Not systematically trained in plyometric training;

Exclusion criteria

1. Tennis-specific training time less than 3 years;
2. Players with a history of recent fractures or any injury;
3. Presently involved in a plyometric training program;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Plyometric training

Experimental group

Description:

The 8 weeks of plyometric training included push-ups and medicine ball exercises for the upper limbs and jumping, hopping exercises for the lower limbs. Exercises for the upper limbs were immediately followed by lower-limb exercises, with no intervening rest periods.

Treatment:

Other: Plyometric training

Routine training

Active Comparator group

Description:

During the intervention, the control group just continued with their routine training regime (e.g., normal fitness training, and injury prevention drills), twice a week, for the duration of the experiment.

Treatment:

Other: Routine training