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Stretch Shortening Cycle In Tennis

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There are many sports which require to perform sprints, jumps, or to have good agility. Tennis is not an exception because in order to be a professional tennis player it requires to have combination of all those skills. While reading this chapter, I learned that the term which combines all of those elements is called “The stretch shortening cycle”. This term describes the action when the muscle is stretched, and it is immediately followed by shortening the same muscle. However, there are couple of factors that are affecting the stretch shortening cycle such as: fiber type, gender, age, arm actions and fatigue. This information will help me as being a tennis coach because I will be able to consider those factors while creating practice plan

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