True or False:Many times competitive tennis players have a strength differential between their right and left legs correct answers TRUE
True or false: most coaches categorize players into four different playing styles:
A. Serve and volleyer b. Aggressive baseline c. Counterpuncher d. All court ...
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True or False:Many times competitive tennis players have a strength differential between their
right and left legs correct answers TRUE
True or false: most coaches categorize players into four different playing styles:
A. Serve and volleyer b. Aggressive baseline c. Counterpuncher d. All court player correct
answers True
True or false: the traditional all court player and counterpuncher are rarely seen at the highest-
level correct answers FALSE (THE AGGRESSIVE BASELINER IS THE MOST
PREVALENT, FOLLOWED BY ALL COURT PLAYER. THE TRADITIONAL SERVE AND
VOLLEYER AND THE STEROTYPICAL COUNTERPUNCHER ARE RARELY SEEN AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL
The counterpuncher must depend on _______, _________ and the ability to change direction
correct answers speed, quickness
True or false: linear momentum is a product of both mass and velocity and can be generated only
in vertical direction correct answers FALSE; IT CAN GENERATE IN BOTH VERTICAL AND
HORIZONTAL
Most modern most modern tennis players utilize the ______ handed backhand
-two handed
One handed correct answers 2
The__________ is usually described as the most important shot in tennis correct answers Serve
True or false: There are two major types of serve stance- the foot up serve and the foot back
serve correct answers True
Which of the following is not a stage in the preparation phase of the serve? A. Contact b.
Loading c. Cocking d. Node correct answers A
Three phases and eight stages of serve
Preparation: from the first sign of movement until maximum external rotation of the shoulder.
Which coincides at the point when the tip of the racket head points towards the ground correct
answers Preparation
Start
Release: From the start stage (ball and racket at rest) until the ball is released from that non-
serving hand
Loading: from the release stage until a fully loaded lower body position this position coincides
with the elbows lowest vertical position and also maximum knee flexion
Cocking: from the end of the loading stage until maximum shoulder external rotation coinciding
with the tip of the racket head pointing towards the ground
, Acceleration phrase: Begins for maximum external rotation of the shoulder until the end of ball
contact
Acceleration: from the end of the cocking stage until contact
Contact: The very short period where ball and racket impact
Follow through phase: begins immediately post ball contact and continues through the end of the
service motion
Deceleration: Following contact until the end of upper and lower body deceleration of the serve
Finish: The short period of the end of the deceleration and before the initial movement to prepare
for the next stroke
THE three main keys of the serve from a strategy and tactics perspective are correct answers
pace, spirit and placement
True or false: the principle of adaptation states that the body will adapt and improve with the
appropriate application of stress (exercise) to the body correct answers True
No matter what method is used to measure the intensity tennis points involve relatively high
intensity bouts of energy expenditure for a short period of time followed by an approximate __
second rest interval correct answers 20
______ is the total training load (combination of duration and intensity) and should include both
and off court training correct answers volume
True or false: periodization is a set model which can be applied in the same manner to all tennis
players at all levels correct answers FALSE; not a set model
True of false: Frequency of training depends on the desired outcome of the type of training
involved correct answers TRUE
Define periodization: correct answers refers to the manipulation of training variables over
specific periods of time for the purpose of promoting maximum performance at the appropriate
time and decreasing the risk of overtraining/ injury
True or false all tennis players professional or competitive should be on some form of
periodization program correct answers TRUE
True or false feeling tired after a training session or match is a normal response but feeling tired
all the time is a sign that the body has not adapted well to stress correct answers True
True or false it is more beneficial to overall development to schedule hard training weeks during
light academic weeks as the athlete will have more time and be in less stressful mental state
during these periods correct answers True
An athletes ______ age Is the birth age where as a player is ______ age is how many years and
athlete has been training for tennis at a competitive leve correct answers chronological; training
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