Abstract
LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese. The aim of this study was to determine whether fatigue induced by a match-like protocol could impose a negative impact on tennis service accuracy and speed. Participants (N=8) served balls in both rested and after match-like protocol conditions. The result indicated that the match-like protocol did not influence both the service accuracy (.785, p<.05) and speed (-.487, p<.05). It was concluded that the match inducted fatigue may not influence the speed and accuracy of the tennis serve, at least on the male college team players. Further study should be conducted by including more participants with varying tennis playing levels or experiences. Female tennis players should be included in future studies to explore if fatigue affects gender differently. 本文的目的在於探索模擬比賽情境下所引發的運動疲勞是否會對網球運動員的發球準度和速度產生影響。8名高校網球校隊隊員在熱身後，和真實比賽環境后進行了發球測試。結果發現模擬比賽環境下所引發的運動疲勞並未對發球的准(p=.785)和速度(p=-.487)產生影響。未來的相關研究有必要招募不同水平的網球運動員來探索比賽情境下引發的運動疲勞是否會對發球表現造成影響。另外，性別差異也是一個值得關注的研究內容。
Highlights
Tennis is a popular sport competitive sport and recreational sport for people of all ages (Perry, Wang, Feldman, Ruth & Signorile, 2004)
There was a decline in service score but an increase in Ratings of perceive exertion (RPE) after match like protocol
This study explored the effects of fatigue on the tennis serve performance and the protocol for inducing fatigue was a simulated tennis match, which lasted 1.5 hours
Summary
Tennis is a popular sport competitive sport and recreational sport for people of all ages (Perry, Wang, Feldman, Ruth & Signorile, 2004). There are an increasing number of active tennis players in the world (Gioftsidou, Malliou, Pafis, Beneka, Godolias & Maganaris, 2006). A mixture of anaerobic skills (e.g. speed, agility and power) and aerobic capabilities are needed for competitive tennis athletes (Kovacs, 2007). Tennis is often performed over a prolonged duration (Hornery, Farrow, Mujika & Young, 2007) and it might be better to classify tennis as an anaerobic predominant activity, which requires high levels of aerobic conditioning (Kovacs, 2006). Tennis matches vary substantially in duration in traditional first player to win two sets matches, a tentative time of 1.5 hours has been suggested as a typical average match length (Bergeron, Maresh, Armstrong et al, 1995). The work-to-rest ratios of competitive tennis athletes range between 1:3 and 1:5 during the matches and fatigue is generally observed (Kovacs, 2007)
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