Strength, sprint and agility in high performance wheelchair tennis players
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https://doi.org/10.17398/1885-7019.21.167Keywords:
wheelchair tennis, ranking, experience, performance, competitionAbstract
El objetivo del presente estudio fue comparar la fuerza de miembros superiores, el sprint y la agilidad en tenistas en silla de ruedas de diferentes niveles competitivos y experiencia deportiva. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, de corte trasversal con una fase comparativa, en el cual participaron 23 tenistas colombianos, quienes ejecutaron pruebas de dinamometría manual, lanzamientos de balón medicinal simulando los gestos de derecha, revés y servicio, sprint de 5, 10 y 20 metros, T-Test y Spider test. Los resultados de las pruebas de fuerza de miembros superiores, sprint y agilidad no presentaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas al compararse entre quienes tenían o no ranking ITF, mientras que los resultados del sprint de 10 y 20 metros, T-Test y Spider test fueron mejores en los deportistas que tenían 5 o más años de experiencia en el deporte. En conclusión, no se presentaron diferencias significativas en las pruebas realizadas según el nivel competitivo determinado a través del ranking, pero si en función de la experiencia en el deporte, obteniendo mejores registros de tiempo en las pruebas de sprint y agilidad en la silla de ruedas quienes tenían una mayor experiencia jugando tenis.
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