The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a mixed-method recovery intervention MMR consisting of active recovery, stretching, cold-water immersion, and massage on physical, technical, physiological, and perceptual recovery during and after a five-day simulated tennis tournament.
Nine competitive male tennis players age, During the tournaments, participants played five two-and-a-half-hour competitive singles tennis match on five consecutive days.
For the assignment to one of two groups, athletes were matched into homogeneous pairs according to their ranking. Then, within each pair, the players were randomly assigned to one of two groups. During the second tournament, recovery conditions were interchanged. Measures of physical and technical performance as well as physiological and perceptual responses heart rate, blood lactate concentration, perceived exertion were recorded during match-play sessions.
Furthermore, muscle soreness, perceived recovery state, blood markers, countermovement jump height CMJ , and repeated sprint ability RSA were determined before, during, and after the five-day tournament periods.
However, no significant differences or recovery strategy x time interactions were noted either for tennis-specific performance e. In conclusion, the repeated use of MMR during and after a five-day tennis tournament did not affect match performance, match load, or recovery from repeated days of tennis match play. Keywords: Mixed-method recovery intervention; competition; overreaching; racket sports.
