Effects of post-activation performance enhancement on tennis serve velocity and accuracy
Wenlai Cui, Yujian Deng, Wenbo Zhang, Bo Pang · 2026
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Description
Wenlai Cui and colleagues compare warm-up priming plans for tennis serve play in a 2026 test. Players primed upper limbs, lower limbs, or the full body with either ballistic or heavy work, then served at set gaps up to fifteen minutes later. Serve speed and accuracy were tracked across every setup and time point.
Serve speed rose after priming in all setups. Ballistic work beat heavy work overall, with its edge focused in the first nine minutes and strongest for upper limb and full body routines. Accuracy shifted over time but never differed clearly between setups at matching times. The authors advise ballistic upper or full body priming shortly before serving.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wenlai Cui, Yujian Deng, Wenbo Zhang, Bo Pang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41789 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |