Keywords: junior tennis, biological maturation, peak height velocity, injury prevention, youth athletes This blog provides a summary of our recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine [1]. Why is this study important? Junior tennis players are not simply “small adults”. During adolescence, athletes experience rapid changes in height, body composition, muscle strength, […]
Tag: exercise physiology
Retrospective Part I: American Pioneers in Distance Running Research
By Phillip B. Sparling Many scientists worldwide have made lasting contributions to today’s scientific understanding of distance running. During the first half of the 20th century, a number of notable Americans paved the way. With insatiable curiosity and drive, early researchers used the best scientific tools available to unravel the physiology of endurance performance. They […]