Alors que plusieurs chercheurs se sont intéressés au discours interne comme stratégie pour améliorer la performance sportive, peu d’études ont porté sur le discours interne automatique des athlètes juniors d’élite en compétition. De plus, bien que l’expérience des parents s’avère importance à étudier, le contenu de leur discours interne lors des compétitions de leur enfant n’a pas été documenté jusqu’à présent. Cette thèse se penche sur le discours interne automatique des joueurs de tennis juniors d’élite et de leur parent le plus impliqué, en lien avec les émotions vécues pour les événements jugés importants des matchs d’un tournoi de tennis. En guise de premier article, une synthèse critique de l’état de la littérature sur le discours interne en contexte sportif a été réalisée. Il a identifié les principales conclusions et les limites des recherches afin de soulever les avenues de recherche future. L’importance d’étudier en profondeur le discours interne automatique en contexte de compétition a notamment été mise de l’avant. Le deuxième article rapporte une analyse thématique du discours interne automatique de joueurs de tennis juniors d’élite pour des événements jugés importants d’un tournoi de tennis. Des entretiens semi-structurés ont été réalisés auprès de six joueurs de tennis âgés de 14 à 17 ans, après le dernier match disputé lors d’un tournoi d’envergure. Durant ces entretiens, les participants ont été interrogés au sujet de leur discours interne et de leurs émotions pour les événements jugés importants de leurs matchs. L’analyse thématique, guidée par l’approche de Miles, Huberman, et Saldaña (2013), a révélé la présence de huit catégories de discours interne : (a) émotion positive (b) inquiétudes (c) ruminations (d) pression de performance (e) désengagement (f) motivationnel (g) cognitif et (h) contrôle émotionnel. L’importance accordée aux émotions a permis de relever que certaines catégories de discours interne représentent l’expression de l’émotion vécue (p. ex. ruminations) alors que d’autres formes de discours interne sont utilisées par l’athlète dans le but de s’autoréguler et gérer une émotion (p. ex. contrôle émotionnel). Parmi les catégories identifiées, deux d’entre elles (c.-à-d. les ruminations et le discours interne lié à la pression de performer) n’avaient pas été observées jusqu’à présent dans la littérature sur le discours interne. La présence de nouvelles catégories pourrait s’expliquer notamment par la réalité propre à l’expérience unique et au contexte des joueurs de tennis interrogés, de même que la méthodologie novatrice employée. Le troisième article présente une étude de cas multiple portant sur le contenu du discours interne automatique de joueurs de tennis junior d’élite et de leur parent durant les matchs d’un tournoi. Les entretiens individuels semistructurés réalisés auprès de deux cas contrastes parmi les six joueurs (un cas étant représenté par un joueur de tennis et son parent le plus impliqué) ont été sélectionnés pour cette étude. Les résultats ont été analysés suivant la stratégie de l’étude de cas multiple (Yin, 2014) combinée à l’enquête de narration (Polkinghorne, 1995). L’analyse du discours interne révèle que son contenu est lié à l’expérience émotionnelle des joueurs et des parents selon les événements jugés importants durant les matchs. Les analyses intracas révèlent qu’il existe une similarité quant à l’importance de gagner les matchs dans le discours interne du premier cas alors qu’une tendance plus prononcée à s’autoréguler se reflète dans celui du second cas. Ces similarités amènent à s’interroger sur l’influence des parents dans l’importance que les athlètes accordent à gagner et dans les stratégies qu’ils utilisent pour s’autoréguler. Les analyses intercas révèlent la présence de différences entre les joueurs et entre les parents, pouvant être comprises à la lumière de leur profil respectif. Sur la base de ces résultats, il semble important de s’intéresser aux différences individuelles dans l’étude du discours interne. Ce projet de thèse est, à notre connaissance, le premier projet à étudier le phénomène du discours interne automatique chez des joueurs de tennis juniors d’élite et de leur parent à l’aide d’une méthodologie novatrice. Ce projet offre un portrait riche et détaillé du discours interne automatique des joueurs et des parents interrogés.

Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, 2012. / Lateral epicondylalgia (L.E) is a common diagnosis in elbow pathology. The aetiology is poorly understood but it is generally accepted to be as a result of repetitive microtrauma, affecting the proximal end of the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon. Elbow bracing and exercise modification are often utilised by sufferers in order to reduce symptoms. In addition, there have been multiple treatment regimes used in practice to treat L.E, but none has stood out as being more effective than another. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the relative clinical effectiveness of therapeutic exercises alone and in combination with orthotic bracing, in terms of subjective and objective clinical findings. Methods This stratified, quantitative, prospective clinical trial consisted of two equal groups (n=15) diagnosed with L.E. Group One consisted of a strengthening and stretching programme alone, and Group Two consisted of a combination of the same programme and an orthotic brace. The participants performed the programme daily at home for six weeks, and the brace was worn throughout the day for six weeks. Each participant was assessed before, during and after the programme, in terms of subjective and objective clinical data which was then statistically analysed using SPSS version 18. Repeated measures ANOVA testing was also used to compare the outcomes between the groups over the time points. Results Both groups showed significant statistical improvement in terms of all the outcome measures. The groups also showed a clinically significant improvement for all the outcome measures except pressure pain threshold where Group Two showed clinically significant improvement over Group One. v Conclusion The results show that there was negligible benefit when combining an orthotic brace with therapeutic exercises as opposed to performing the therapeutic exercises alone.

Drawing upon a series of interviews with politicians, sports administrators, coaches, journalists and academics and with analysis based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), this thesis examines elite sports development policy in Taiwan within a political context. It investigates the issues of whether or not sports development and policy-making reflect institutional features, and how sports policy has changed over time in Taiwan. It further explores the development systems of baseball, taekwondo and tennis, with a particular focus on similarities and differences between them at the elite level. Empirical data gathered from semi-structured interviews and documentary materials is analysed using an institutional approach together the ACF. The main findings suggest that, in essence, sports development and policy-making in Taiwan comply with institutional features and, during different periods from 1949 to the present day, have consistently been influenced by the political needs of the time. The analysis of the development systems of the three selected sports identified some major similarities. The government promotes them using a top-down approach and each sport relies heavily on the public funding. There sports have no national level facilities. Talent identification and development mainly occur in schools and are conducted through the competition systems. There is government financial support for elite athletes to participate in international events or for the governing bodies to host international events. The development systems for coaches share the same mechanisms. Finally, national athletes in each sport can enjoy sports science support from the government during squad training and international events. However, the case studies also reveal considerable differences. The governing bodies of taekwondo and tennis play a more dominant in elite development than that of baseball. Parents play a more significant role in the identification and development of tennis players than for the other sports. Only taekwondo national competitors train relatively frequently at the national training centre. The facilities for elite baseball players are more adequate than for the other sports. Elite baseball players enjoy the most international competition opportunities and taekwondo competitors the least. The existence of a professional baseball league and a highly professionalised international competition system for tennis serve to highlight the difference between the three sports in terms of the emergence of full-time athletes. In sum, this demonstrates quite clearly that there exists in Taiwan a single spine of sports development in general, but with variations.

Thesis (PhD (Sport Sc) (Sport Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge of tennis tactics of a group of South African tennis coaches. A secondary purpose was to gather their perceptions about where they believe they learned about tactics. A mixed methodology approach was used. The first was a quantitative knowledge test administered to 37 coaches. The second was a qualitative semi-structured interview with five coaches. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in the choices of tactical options in 43 game scenarios between the less experienced and the more experienced coaches. No differences were found between coaches who were coaching at the top level compared to the lower levels. No differences were found between coaches who had been top tennis players and those who had not. The majority of the coaches in this study reported that they had learned tactics through trial and error. Problems facing the development of top level tennis coaches in South Africa are discussed in relation to their knowledge of tactics and the priorities for the development of mass participation supported by national sport policy. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die hoofdoel van hierdie studie was om ʼn groep Suid-Afrikaanse tennisafrigters se kennis van tennistaktiek te ondersoek. ʼn Sekondêre doel was om uit te vind waar die afrigters glo hulle sodanige kennis opgedoen het. Die navorsingsbenadering het uit gemengde metodologieë bestaan. Die eerste was ʼn kwantitatiewe kennistoets wat onder 37 afrigters afgeneem is. Die tweede was ʼn kwalitatiewe semigestruktureerde onderhoud met vyf afrigters. Die resultate van die studie dui daarop dat die minder ervare en meer ervare afrigters geen beduidende verskil getoon het in hul taktiese keuses in 43 wedstrydscenario’s nie. Geen verskil is opgemerk tussen afrigters op die topvlak en dié op laer vlakke nie. Boonop was daar geen verskil tussen afrigters wat eens topspelers was en diegene wat nié was nie. Volgens die meeste van die afrigters in die studie het hulle hul kennis van tennistaktiek deur die metode van leer en probeer opgedoen. Die studie bespreek die uitdagings in die ontwikkeling van topvlaktennisafrigters in Suid-Afrika wat betref hul kennis van taktiek en die prioriteite vir die bevordering van massadeelname ingevolge nasionale sportbeleid.

Thesis (MScSportSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of sport psychology injunior tennis and to determine: • whether coaches make use of psychological interventions, • whether coaches consider psychological interventions in junior tennis to be important, • what kind of psychological interventions coaches make use of, and • what kind of problems coaches encounter while teaching psychological interventions to junior tennis players. Questionnaires were mailed off to all professional tennis coaches who are registered with Tennis South Africa. The questionnaire which the coaches voluntarily answered, was an abbreviated, revised version of the questionnaire used by Gould et al. (1999a) for their study. \ The results of this study show that coaches: • regard the teaching of psychological interventions to junior tennis players as very important. • perceived the following as the most important psychological dimensions for junior tennis players: motivation, concentration, enjoyment, self-confidence and goal setting. • find the teaching process of psychological interventions to junior tennis players difficult. • encounter practical problems in the teaching of psychological interventions to junior tennis players. Lack of time is mentioned most often. Based on these outcomes, it is concluded that sport psychology has an important role to play in junior tennis. More research is needed to develop techniques and methods to effectively teach psychological interventions to junior tennis players. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie is om die rol van sportsielkunde in junior tennis te ondersoek deur die volgende te bepaal: • of afrigters van sielkundige intervensies gebruik maak, • of afrigters dink dat sielkundige intervensies belangrik is in junior tennis, • van watter sielkundige intervensies afrigters gebruik maak, en • watter probleme afrigters ondervind gedurende die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers. Vraelyste is gestuur aan aIle professionele tennisafrigters wat by Tennis Suid-Afrika geregistreer is. Die vraelys wat die afrigters vrywillig beantwoord het, was 'n verkorte, hersiene weergawe van die vraelys wat deur Gould et al. (1999a) in hulle studie gebruik is. Die resultate van die studie toon dat afrigters: • die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers as belangrik beskou. • die volgende sielkundige dimensies in junior tennis as die belangrikste beskou: motivering, konsentrasie, genot, selfvertroue en doelwitstelling. • die onderrigproses verbonde aan sielkundige intervensies moeilik vind. • praktiese probleme ondervind met die onderrig van sielkundige intervensies aan junior tennisspelers. 'n Gebrek aan tyd is uitgesonder as die probleem wat die meeste voorkom. Gebaseer op die resuitate, is daar tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat sportsieikunde 'n belangrike rol te speel het in junior tennis. Verdere navorsing word benodig am tegnieke en metodes daar te stel om die sieikundige intervensies effektief aan junior tennisspelers te onderrig .

Contrary to many major sporting leagues such as the NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLB, or the Olympic Games as a whole, the professional tennis industry has not been individually scrutinized in terms of governance, social control, and surveillance practices. This thesis presents an in-depth account of the major governing bodies of the professional tennis circuit with the aim of examining how they govern, control, constrain, and practice surveillance on tennis athletes and their bodies. Foucault’s major theoretical concepts of disciplinary power, governmentality, and bio-power are found relevant today and can be enhanced by Rose’s ethico-politics model and Haggerty and Ericson’s surveillant assemblage. However, it is also shown how Foucault, Rose, and Haggerty and Ericson’s different accounts of “modes of governing” perpetuate sociological predicaments of professional tennis players within late capitalism. These modes of surveillance are founded on a meritocracy based on the ATP and WTA rankings systems. A player’s ranking affects how he or she is governed, surveilled, controlled, and even punished. Despite ostensibly promoting tennis athletes’ health protection and wellbeing, the systems of surveillance, governance, and control rely on a biased and capitalistically-driven meritocracy that actually jeopardizes athletes’ health and contributes to social class divisions, socio-economic inequalities, gender discrimination, and media pressure. Through the use of top-players’ accounts, it is also shown how some players resist certain governing, controlling, and surveillance practices designed for their benefit, while others understand and accept the resultant constraints as part of their choice to be a professional tennis player. / Thesis (Master, Sociology) -- Queen's University, 2013-11-12 09:25:44.284

Title: Project Tennis School in Krasnodar Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current situation in the field of tennis services primarily for children in Krasnodar. Based on the analysis will be drawn conclusions for the proposal of establishing a tennis school, furthermore, a business plan together with a financial plan will be elaborated. Finally, the project will be subjected to a risk analysis and final recommendation will be made. Methods: With respect the market analysis, it was conducted secondary market analysis, based on the results obtain from the Tennis Federation of Russia research. In addition, financial analysis was performed, which is used to evaluate the overall project. Results: In the context of financial planning, it was found that costs and revenues in the first year of operation the company is almost equal and therefore profitability will not be too high. However, during the evaluation of the project, it came clear that the project wouldn't have financial loss, unless particular attention will be made to minimize the risks that have been identified in connection with business activities in the tennis school. Keywords: tennis school, project, market analysis, financial plan

Introduction: Question of femoroacetabular impingement is very actual. This young concept brings mechanism which leads to early degenerative changes of the hip joint of young and active individuals (athletes). Objectives: To review influence of sport activity on condition of the hip joint of young athletes (players of table tennis) and to determine incidence of femoroacetabular impingement and its clinical significance. Methods: We performed ultrasound and clinical examination and questionnaire with 22 individuals from 2 training groups. Groups vary in age, height, weight, volume of sport activity and how long they do sports. We found out incidence of cam-type impingement and evaluated pain of anterior impingement test, ranges of motions of the hip joint and deep squat. Results: Cam impingement was found in 27 hip joints, 16 in older group, 11 in younger one. In older group there were 12 from 16 impingements painful during anterior impingement test, 4 from 11 in younger one. In older group there were 4 symptomatic individuals, none in younger one. Older group has lower ranges of motion of flexion and internal rotation. 4 individuals did not perform deep squat, all of them with bilateral cam-type impingement. Conclusion: Femoracetabular impingement is frequent among young athletes. It causes...

Title: Assessment of the timing of tennis strokes using kinematic analysis and surface electromyography Aims: Assess the timing of tennis forhand, service and appropriate training exercises using kinematic analysis. Describe the activation of muscles in time for the chosen execution of the strokes by recording surface electromyography (SEMG). Compare the results of various executions and describe the differences between using the racquets with different parameters and between executions of various training exercises. Method: Case study using kinematic analysis and surface electromyography was made. Results: We have found out that the execution of the strokes using the players own racquet was the most stable. We have found the differences in timing while using various racquets. The heavier the equipment we are using in training exercise is the more different is the timing of this movement. We concluded that the chosen training exercises are inappropriate as the special exercises to improve coordination. Key words: tennis, timing, service, forhand, electromyographic analysis, kinematic analysis

Title: Dynamic warm-up race for tennis players Subject: Male and female tennis players from tennis club Tj Lokomotiva Plzen Objective: Compare immediate influence of static and dynamic stretching on performance level during particular movement tests using device Myotest PRO Methods: To meet the objective quantitative comparison was used by performance parameters using load accelerometer. Quantitative stress parameters were evaluated for individual tests as the mean value from a large amount of repetition in individually evaluation. Results: Tests proved it is not possible to confirm acute positive influence of dynamic stretching on all assesed parameters in different tests. In terms of average values of different tests a noticeable lower limbs improvement has been emerged at two out of three tests. Keywords: dynamic stretching, warm up, sport, injuries, regeneration, tennis