Physical training methods for tennis players

Statement of the problem. The article is devoted to the general physical fitness of young tennis players, which is an integral part of athletes’ fitness. The purpose of the article is to determine changes in the level of physical fitness of young tennis players under the influence of general physical training. Methodology (materials and methods). The study involved 16 tennis players aged 18.30±1.40 years (boys) who train in a sports club. During the study, the following methods were used: analysis and generalization of literary sources, testing, pedagogical experiment, and methods of mathematical statistics. Research results. Within four months, physical training sessions were held with tennis players twice a week, in which exercises were used to increase speed, speed-strength, coordination and strength abilities, endurance and flexibility. The analysis of the results obtained in the repeated testing shows that the results of the athletes of the experimental group were higher than those of the tennis players of the control group at the end of the study, although at the beginning of the study they did not differ statistically. It should also be noted that the reliability of differences between the indicators of the input control and the final testing of physical fitness in athletes of both test groups was recorded. Consequently, both approaches to the physical training of tennis players turned out to be effective during the study period, with the advantage of the experimental one. Conclusion. The conducted approbation of the technique of physical training of athletes aged 16-20 demonstrated its effectiveness in a pedagogical experiment, in comparison with the traditional approach to improving the physical condition of tennis players in the preparatory period of training in the structure of an annual training macrocycle. The presented exercises can be successfully used for operative intervention in the process of formation of physical fitness of experienced tennis players.