Sport Mont (May 2007)
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND TACTICAL PREPA RATION OF JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS
Abstract
Ta king in to con si de ra tion the physi cal in vol ve ment, psychological stabi lity and tactical competence of a player in con tem po rary pro fes si o nal ten nis, it can be con cluded that ten nis players are con stantly ex po sed to ma king stre nu o us ef forts. More over, ta king in to ac co unt the system and the or ga ni za tion of to ur na ments, which in vol ve regu lar trips and thus chan ging ti me zo nes, types of the gro unds at ten nis co urts, clo sed sports halls and open ten nis to ur na ments, we can lo gi cally con clu de that psycho lo gi cal and tac ti cal pre pa ra tion of players in lo wer cat he go ri es is of gre at im por tan ce. The pro blem of this study re fers to the cho i ce of tasks gi ven to a player. Tasks are di rectly aimed at psycho lo gi cal sta bi lity which players ha ve to de ve lop be fo re the match, in the warm up pe riod and du ring the match it self. Tac ti cal com pe ten ce is of vi tal im por tan ce for each ten nis player who lo oks forward to ac hi e ving high sports re sults. In that sen se, a the o re ti cal ap pro ach to a tac tic is ne e ded, as well as a partial analysis of tac ti cal va ri a bles adаpted to players and to con di ti ons at matches.
