Acute effects of fatigue on markers of service performance in young tennis players

Abstract

The acute effects of fatigue on serve speed, accuracy, and consistency were examined over consecutive days of prolonged tennis match play (2,3) or when a fatiguing exercise protocol was performed (1,4) in college or high-standard tennis players. However, these previous studies showed a lack of consensus in their results. For this reason, the aim of the study was to examine the effects of fatigue in the markers of serve performance in young tennis players after performing a fatiguing intermittent exercise protocol (FITEP).