Motor Behavior and Anticipation – A Pilot Study of Junior Tennis Players

Anticipation represents the tennis player's ability to forecast the future actions of its competitor. Tennis is, in general, an anticipation and space-time coordination sport. This study wishes to emphasize the importance of anticipation, in the efficiency of the tennis player's neuromuscular control, at a junior level. The study was conducted on 20 junior tennis players from the national lot. The measurement of the players was carried out in three steps: measuring the space-time anticipation with the Vienna Test Sport System testing battery, measuring the neuromuscular control, with the help of the condition simulator and measuring the balance with the aid of the Balance Platform.