INFLUENCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON SUCCESS IN TENNIS, SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE RESEARCH

Morfološke ili antropometrijske karakteristike daju uvid u građu ljudskog tijela te imaju veliko značenje u selekciji mladih sportaša za pojedini sport te u modificiranju trenažnog procesa. Neke od antropometrijskih karakteristika genetski su uvjetovane, ali ključne za uspjeh u određenom sportu te se na njih može jako malo ili neznačajno utjecati (tjelesna visina), dok su neke podložne promjenama ciljanog procesa treninga (tjelesna masa i postotak potkožnog masnog tkiva). Cilj ovoga rada bio je kroz sustavni pregled literature utvrditi povezanost između određenih antropometrijskih odnosno morfoloških karakteristika tenisača i uspjeha definiranog ostvarenim rezultatom, odnosno pozicioniranjem na nekim od međunarodnih ili nacionalnih rang ljestvica. Najviše uspoređivane antropometrijske karakteristike za koje postoji najveći broj dostupnih informacija su tjelesna masa, tjelesna visina, postotak potkožnog masnog tkiva te indeks tjelesne mase. Proučavana je veza između navedenih karakteristika i ostvarenih rezultata, kako u nižim dobnim kategorijama tako i kod profesionalnih tenisača.Morphological or anthropometric characteristics give closer view in anatomy of human body and have great significance in selection of young athletes for specific sport as well as in modification of the training process. Some of the anthropometric characteristics are genetically determined, but are of the most importance for success in certain sport discipline and can be very little or insignificantly influenced (body height), and some are subject to changes due to specific training process (body mass and percentage of body fat). The main goal of this thesis was to determine through systematic literature research, connection between specific anthropometrical i.e. morphological characteristics of tennis players and their connection to success, which is defined by achieved result on some of the international or national ranking scales. The most compared anthropometric characteristics, for which there is the most data available, are body mass, body height, percentage of body fat and body mass index. The connection between listed characteristics and the results of tennis players in lower age categories as well as in professional tennis players was studied