Table 2 Physiological/perceptual responses of tennis players during the off-court and on-court interval training sessions. Data are means (±SD).
| Parameters |
Set 1 |
|
Set 2 |
|
Set 3 |
|
Set 4 |
|
Interaction
(IT x Set) |
| Off-Court |
On-Court |
Off-Court |
On-Court |
Off-Court |
On-Court |
Off-Court |
On-Court |
| %HRmax |
93.8 (2.5)a,b,c |
94.2 (2.9)a,b,c |
96 (2.1)b,c |
95.7 (2.0)b,c |
96.9 (1.7)c |
96.6 (1.4)c |
97.5 (1.8) |
97.5 (1.1) |
.93 |
| LA |
3.4(.7)a,b,c |
4.4 (2.2)a,b,c |
6.7 (1.3) |
6.8 (2.3) |
7.3 (1.8) |
6.7 (1.6) |
8.1 (1.6) |
7.2 (2.2) |
.64 |
| RPE |
14.8 (2.1)a,b,c |
15.1 (1.8)a,b,c |
16.3 (2.2)b,c |
16.1 (1.3)b,c |
17.3 (2.1)c |
16.6 (1.5)c |
18 (1.9) |
17.3 (1.6) |
.50 |
%HR: percentage of maximum HR; LA: blood lactate concentration (mmol.L); RPE: ratings of perceived exertion; IT: interval training;a: significant difference vs. Set 2 (< 0.05)b: vs. Set 3c: vs. Set 4.
