Open AccessSpeed development for 10 and under tennis players
Author(s) -
Kenneth Bastiaens
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
itf coaching and sport science review/coaching and sport science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1812-2310
pISSN - 1812-2302
DOI - 10.52383/itfcoaching.v24i69.187
Subject(s) - motor skill , context (archaeology) , psychology , developmental psychology , history , archaeology
Children must be cultured in and from a broad base of motor skills in tennis programs. The children’s speed abilities cannot be challenged and therefore fully stimulated in a tennis-specific context. At this stage the acquired tennis skills are unstable under pressure. Consequently, we should consider developing the speed abilities for 10 & under tennis players in a non-specific, yet challenging context within a motor skills practice.