title: Racquet sports. The future.
abstract: The future of sports medicine and the affiliated sciences is extremely promising within the world of tennis. Players and coaches have recognized the important role of science in supporting tennis training and development. The USTA has established the sport sciences as a basis for all programs and policies. The challenges for the future appear clear: 1. To promote tennis specific research that specifically addresses the training, development, and competitive needs of coaches and athletes. 2. To access sport science information generated in other countries or by other sports that maybe useful to tennis in the United States. 3. To disseminate sport science information in user-friendly language to the widest possible audience. 4. To support all classifications of tennis players with sport science information relevant to their group including all ages and skill levels. Much has been accomplished in the past 10 years to support athlete development, but the promise of the future is exciting and will require teamwork within the tennis and scientific communities by people who love tennis.
authors.affiliation: United States Tennis Association, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012952:Societies; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013715:Tennis; D014481:United States