The Prevention of Tennis Players’ Traumatism Using the Means of Stretching

Abstract

The paper presents materials on the study of the problem of sports injuries in tennis. It have been studied the possibilities of stretching means in the prevention of injuries in tennis players. The experimental technique included the use of stretching exercises in the preparatory and final parts of the training session. There were tested methods of active dynamic stretching, the method of agonistic stretching, and stretch exercises, performed in themode of holding the maximum amplitude in different positions of the stall. As a result of the introduction the stretching program into the training process, the number of injuries among tennis players wasreduced by 21.1%.