SENSORY MOTOR EXERCISES AND THEIR EFFECT ON NEUROMUSCULAR BALANCE AND SOME SPECIAL PHYSICAL AND SKILL ABILITIES OF TENNIS PLAYERS
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Experts and specialists in the field of tennis have paid great attention to training methods to develop the physical, motor and skillful performance of the players, especially their movement in the court and the compatibility between all parts of the body. This research aims at exploring the impact of using perceptual motor exercises on the neuromuscular balance and physical abilities and special skills on junior tennis players. The researcher applied an intervention exercise on 6 players, at sports talent in Diyala Governorate, whose ages ranged from 16-17 years. The researcher determined 3 special tests suggested by the International Tennis Federation (INT) test to measure the impact of such exercises on the participants. These tests are the Electromyography test, Nelson's test for the transitional motor response and sprint 20-m test from a moving start. Results showed a development in the values of electrical activity as an indicator of the neuromuscular balance. Results also showed a development in some of the special physical and skill abilities of the tennis players. It is recommending that physical training and technical development should be based on using sensory-motor exercises, and incorporating these exercises into the training curriculum to develop neuromuscular balance
and special physical and skill abilities of tennis players.
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