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. 2016 Jul 1;8(6):536–540. doi: 10.1177/1941738116657074

Table 2.

Elite-level tennis players’ interval training program

Phase Step Ground Strokes Ground Stroke Intensity, % Serve Serve Intensity, % Total Stroke Volume Games Played First Serves per Game Second Serves per Game Ground Strokes per Game
1 1 10 50 10
2 10 50 2 a 50 12
3 10 50 3 a 50 13
4 12 50 4 a 50 16
5 12 50 6 a 50 18
2 6 14 60 8 60 22 2 6 2 7
7 18 60 10 b 60 28
8 22 60 12 b 60 34
9 26 60 14 b 60 40
10 28 60 16 60 44 4 c 6 2 7
3 11 28 80 16 80 44 4 c 6 2 7
12 42 80 24 80 66 6 c 6 2 7
13 56 80 32 80 88 8 c 6 2 7
14 42 90 24 90 66 6 c 6 2 7
15 56 90 32 90 88 8 c 6 2 7
16 84 90 48 90 132 10 c 10 d 8 e
17 112 90 64 90 176 12 c 11 d 9 e
18 56 100 32 100 88 8 c 6 2 7
19 168 100 96 100 264 14 c 14 d 12
20 224 100 128 100 352 16 c 12 4 14
21 Simulated Match
a

All second serves.

b

Combination of first and second serves.

c

Rest 90 seconds after 2 games.

d

Totals do not add up to serve column because of rounding, mathematically inappropriate to use a ratio of first to second serves.

e

Totals do not add up to ground stroke column because of rounding.