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The Principle Of Balance — tài liệu 4 trang từ thư viện sách tennis.

Chủ đề chính: Thăng bằng, Biomechanic, Cơ sinh học, Roger Federer, Coach, Thể lực

Tóm tắt nội dung (trích từ tài liệu gốc): Tennis Biomechanics - 3: The principle of "balance" Author: Cyril is a tennis coach This article presents the biome- Initial Lateral steps and physical conditioning ex- pert with over 25 years' expe- chanics principle of "balance" Figures 1 and 2 highlight how rience in the tennis coaching and its application in tennis. Roger Federer maintains an and sport sciences field. He is a Balance is defined as the ability upright position of the head qualified "Tennis Professor Lev- to manage body position, either and upper body with the lines el 2", the highest tennis coach- statically or dynamically,

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Tennis Biomechanics - 3: The principle of "balance"



Author: Cyril is a tennis coach    This article presents the biome-     Initial Lateral steps

and physical conditioning ex-

pert with over 25 years' expe-     chanics principle of "balance"       Figures 1 and 2 highlight how

rience in the tennis coaching      and its application in tennis.       Roger Federer maintains an

and sport sciences field. He is a  Balance is defined as the ability    upright position of the head

qualified "Tennis Professor Lev-   to manage body position, either      and upper body with the lines

el 2", the highest tennis coach-   statically or dynamically, in re-    of his eyes and his shoulders in

ing qualification in France and    lation to one's base of support.     horizontal position. In ready

has a Master's degree and PhD      Dynamic balance is involved in       position (figures 1A and 2C),

in Sport Sciences. Cyril�s back-   every steps, stops, stances, and     his feet are more than shoulder

ground also includes presenting    moves. Faster is the game, high-     width apart with bent knees to

at various national and interna-   er are the demands in dynamic        lower his center of gravity.

tional conferences including the   balance.

2015 ITF Worldwide Coaches                                              Balance strategies during

Conference by BNP Paribas.         What are the factors affect-         the groundstrokes:

He has also contributed publi-                                          Players use different actions of

cations in internationally peer    ing balance?                         the feet and body to maintain

reviewed scientific journals, the                                       dynamic balance when hitting

ITF Coaching and Sport Sci-        �        Size of the base of sup-    the ball. They vary with the

ence Review and for the French                                          phase of the shot, the stance, the

Tennis Federation.                 port in the direction of force       court position, the incoming

                                                                        ball's characteristics and their

                                   (neutral stance more stable than     tactical intent.



                                   open stance for example)             Preparation phase

                                                                        Figure 3 shows players at the

                                   �        Height of the center of     end of the preparation phase

                                                                        of a forehand shot with a base

                                   gravity above the base of sup-       of support larger than shoul-

                                                                        der width apart both in neutral

                                   port                                 (Figure 3A) and open stance

                                                                        (Figure 3B). The non-dominant

                                   �        Location of the center      arm is positioned at the same

                                                                        height than the dominant arm

                                   of gravity projection within the     and in the same plane.



                                   base of support



                                   �        Mass of the body



                                   �        Friction related to the



                                   court surface (more stability on



                                   hard court than on clay court)



                                   Practical coaching keys to



                                   improve balance



                                   �        Increasing the size of the



                                   base of support



                                   �        Lowering the center of



                                   gravity



                                   �        Keeping an upright po-



                                   sition of head and upper body



                                   �        Using the non-domi-



                                   nant arm and leg to counteract



                                   the hip and shoulder rotations



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Figure 1: First lateral step to the ball

   Figure 2: First lateral recovery step



                               Figure 3



Figure 4 shows players at the

end of the preparation phase

of a one-handed (figure 4A)

and two-handed (figure 4B)

backhand shot with a base of

support larger than shoulder

width apart



                                         Figure 4



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Acceleration phase                             Figure 5



During the acceleration phase                     Figure 6 shows players hit-

of groundstrokes, players use                     ting a forehand with an open

dynamic actions of non-dom-                       stance under (figure 6A) and

inant side limbs to maintain                      over (figure 6B) waist level.

their balance depending on the                    The players elevate the front

stance used.                                      leg and fix the non-dominant

                                                  arm to counter the trunk ro-

Figure 5 shows a player hitting                   tation.

a forehand with a neutral stance

at knee (figure 5A) and waist

(figure 5B) level. The player uses

the back leg differently for bal-

ance depending on the height

of the contact point. When the

ball is low, the player drops the

back knee down keeping it bent

and close to the court. When

the contact point is higher the

player kicks the back leg back

and up. The non-dominant arm

is fixed to control the trunk ro-

tation.



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Balance strategies during                 Figure 7



the serve:



The foot technique affects the size of

the base of support and thus the de-

gree of stability (figure 7). Coaches

have to monitor the balance ability

of their players when asking them to

perform a foot-up technique. From

a development player point a view,

the foot-back technique should be

the first to be taught. Independently

of the stance, the full non-dominant

arm extension helps to stabilise the

non-dominant side before initiating

the leg drive.

During the acceleration and fol-



low-through phases, players use their     forehand (figure 9A) and backhand      ercices aiming at improve the ability

                                                                                 of the player to be well-balanced.

non-dominant side to maintain dy-         (figure 9B) volley.                    The exercises can be oriented both

                                                                                 on technical and physical compo-

namic balance:                            Conclusion:                            nents depending on the player's



�     A full non-dominant arm ex-         The "balance" principle is present in  needs.

                                          every tennis movement and shot pro-

tension allows vertical stabilization of  duction. Coaches should focus on ex-



non-dominant side (figure 8A).



�     The non-dominant arm helps



to block the upper body from exces-



sive transverse rotation (Figure 8B)



�     The Arabesc with the back



leg combined with the backward ex-



tension of the non-dominant arm



helps to counterbalance the forward



flexion of the trunk at landing (figure



8C).



Balance strategies during



the volley:



Figure 9 shows how the player uses the



non-dominant arm and the non-sup-



porting leg to maintain balance during    Figure 9



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