1INDICATORS OF FATIGUE IN COLLEGIATE WOMEN TENNIS PLAYERS by

To date very few research studies are available describing a detailed sports science profile of collegiate women tennis players, as many other existing studies only provide data on Junior tennis players or middle-aged subjects. The purpose of this investigation was to examine seasonal changes in training and competition on physiological and psychological measures in 13 NCAA Division I collegiate women tennis players (mean ± SD: age, 19.69 ± 1.32 years; height, 168.82 ± 4.59 cm; and weight, 64.75 ± 2.89 kg). All testing was conducted during the fall season. All subjects signed a University IRB approved informed consent form. Every two weeks (T1 – T6) subjects performed a maximal serve velocity test and an athlete burnout questionnaire (ABQ) from which the global burnout index (the mean score of the 3 ABQ subscales) was used. Subjects also completed a spider agility test and the Australian Sports Commission 20m shuttle run test at T1, T4, and T6. Lastly, the team indicated their ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) after every practice and conditioning session, which was later used to calculate training load (RPE x min). One Way ANOVA with repeated measures testing revealed no differences (p>.05) in maximal serve velocity, spider agility test times, and global burnout index score