The demands on tennis players are many and very complex. However, this article will focus on coordination and footwork as fast and suitable footwork patterns (technique) are strongly linked to stroke technique and when combined correctly they should result in successful stroke execution. High quality conditioning training should first deal with the analysis of specific coordination performance requirements (Neumaier, 1999). As practical experience and empirical evidence shows, coordination training focusing on specific skills is more successful than general coordination training (Hirtz, 1995). The training concept proposed in this article has been developed, giving due consideration to the abovementioned factors, because in our opinion on-court footwork could be trained more effectively.
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