Biology of Sport
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Effects of low-volume court-based sprint interval training on aerobic capacity and sport-specific endurance performance in competitive tennis players

Wenpu Yang
1
,
Langlang Yin
2, 3
,
Eric Tsz-Chun Poon
4
,
Indy Man Kit Ho
5, 6
,
Haochong Liu
1
,
Bing Qi
1
,
Qian Li
1
,
Yanchun Li
3

  1. Sports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing
  2. School of Physcial Education, Bohai University, Jinzhou, China
  3. China Institute of Sports and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
  4. The Education University of Hong Kong, No. 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
  5. Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China
  6. Asian Academy for Sports and Fitness Professionals, Hong Kong, China
Biol Sport. 2025;42(1):223–232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.139088
Online publish date: 2024/08/08
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Sprint interval training (SIT) is a potent exercise strategy to enhance athletes’ aerobic capacity in a time-efficient manner. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a low volume court-based SIT program on aerobiccapacity and sport-specific endurance

performance forcompetitive tennis players. Sixteen competitive collegiate tennis players were randomly assigned to the SIT (court-based repeated-sprint training) and traditional endurance training (ET; 45-min continuous treadmill running) groups for a 6-week intervention (3 sessions/week). The maximal oxygen uptake (V̇ O2max), minute ventilation at peak exercise (VEmax), ventilatory anaerobicthreshold in percentage of V̇ O2max (VT/VO2), and elimination rate of blood lactate (BLAer) were assessed, whereas the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 2 (YoYo-IR2) and the tennis-specific HIT&TURN test were conducted at baseline and after the intervention. Both SIT and ET showed significant improvements in V̇ O2max (p < 0.01) with moderate effect sizes (ES = 0.64 and 0.98, respectively), as well as in VEmax (p < 0.01) with small effect sizes (ES = 0.23 and 0.21, respectively), and VT/VO2 (p < 0.01) with large effect sizes (ES = 2.37 and 3.85, respectively). The BLAer improved significantly in SIT (ES = 1.03; p < 0.05) whereas no significant changes occurred in ET. The magnitude-based decision showed a clear and superior improvement in both YoYo-IR2 (ES = 0.69) and HIT&TURN (ES = 1.72) tests in SIT than ET. Compared with traditional ET, court based SIT can be a time-efficient strategy to improve aerobic capacity and tennis-specific endurance without requiring specialized equipment for competitive tennis players.
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Elimination rate of blood lactate, Tennis training, YoYo-IR2, Repeated sprint ability, Maximum oxygen uptake, Sports specific training

  
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