The effects of core stability training on stroke accuracy and spin control in tennis players
Abstract
Tennis players face many challenges in actual combat, such as fatigue, physical discomfort, unstable sports skills, etc., these factors may affect the performance of athletes. Therefore, core strength training is very important for tennis players. A systematic overview of the theoretical connotation of core stability and the design of a core stability training program for tennis. A sample of 20 tennis players was randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control) and a 16-week double-blind experiment was conducted, in which the experimental group underwent core stability training and the control group underwent traditional training, and at the end of the training, the 20 experimental players were tested for stroke accuracy and spin control. After 16 weeks of training intervention, there was a significant difference between the two groups of athletes in the testing of stroke accuracy and spin control, meeting the P < 0.05 condition, and the core stability training was more effective in the application of the athletes’ stroke accuracy and spin control.
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