This addition to the Handbook series will allow the tennis coach, athlete, and medical professional responsible for their care to improve technique, training and performance, and to reduce the risk of injury. When injury does occur, Tennis will aid quick accurate diagnosis and treatment, and effective rehabilitation so that the tennis player can return to peak performance with the minimum of fuss.
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Tennis is a further volume in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science Series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. It summarizes key aspects of training the tennis-playing athlete, including biomechanics, equipment, nutrition and common injuries.
It aims to provide sport doctors, coaches, athletes and physical therapists with an authoritative, but easily digested, overview of the scientific principles and practical aspects of training tennis players.
This new addition to the Handbook series will allow the tennis coach, athlete, and medical professional responsible for their care to improve technique, training and performance, and to reduce the risk of injury. When injury does occur, Tennis will aid quick accurate diagnosis and treatment, and effective rehabilitation so that the tennis player can return to peak performance with the minimum of fuss.
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As the term suggests, biomechanics involves a study of the structure and function of the human body using mechanics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tournament physician, rebound ball speed, lateral ankle ligament sprain, racket speed, tennis medicine, upper arm internal rotation, elderly tennis players, carpal impingement, racket trajectory, ulnar wrist pain, backspin stroke, functional rehabilitation programme, string plane deformation, sidewards inclination, elite junior tennis players, key mechanical features, topspin stroke, medial tennis elbow, subclinical adaptations, free racket, tennis injuries, microtrauma injuries, racket weight, distal radial ulnar joint, grip firmness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Martin Dunitz, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Excellent Good Average Needs, Grand Slam, Athlete Stand, New York, Examiner Stand, Human Kinetics, Journal of Sports Sciences, Medical Services Committee, Australian Open, Equipment Stopwatch, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, Englewood Cliffs, International Journal of Sport Nutrition, International Journal of Sports Biomechanics, International Tennis Federation, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Human Movement Studies, National Associations, Prentice Hall, Set-up Extend, United States Tennis Association, Athlete Lie New!
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As the term suggests, biomechanics involves a study of the structure and function of the human body using mechanics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tournament physician, rebound ball speed, lateral ankle ligament sprain, racket speed, tennis medicine, upper arm internal rotation, elderly tennis players, carpal impingement, racket trajectory, ulnar wrist pain, backspin stroke, functional rehabilitation programme, string plane deformation, sidewards inclination, elite junior tennis players, key mechanical features, topspin stroke, medial tennis elbow, subclinical adaptations, free racket, tennis injuries, microtrauma injuries, racket weight, distal radial ulnar joint, grip firmness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Martin Dunitz, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Excellent Good Average Needs, Grand Slam, Athlete Stand, New York, Examiner Stand, Human Kinetics, Journal of Sports Sciences, Medical Services Committee, Australian Open, Equipment Stopwatch, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, Englewood Cliffs, International Journal of Sport Nutrition, International Journal of Sports Biomechanics, International Tennis Federation, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Human Movement Studies, National Associations, Prentice Hall, Set-up Extend, United States Tennis Association, Athlete Lie New!
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- Sports Injuries:Their Prevention & Treatment-3rd Graphics Package by Lars Peterson on 17 pages
- Tennis Science for Tennis Players by Howard Brody on page 26, page 38, and page 247
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (3 Volume Set) by Jesse C. DeLee MD on page 164, page 175, and page 185
- The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey on page 287, and page 290
- Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, Third Edition by Mayo Clinic on page 77, and page 83
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