Alexander Ferrauti

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Ferrauti delivering a presentation in April 2025. A.Ferrauti.jpg
Ferrauti delivering a presentation in April 2025.

Alexander Ferrauti is a German sport scientist, university professor and past president of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) [1] .

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Education

Ferrauti graduated in Sport Science and Biology at the German Sport University Cologne and at the University of Cologne. He completed his PhD in 1992 and completed his Post-Doc Thesis [2] in 1997 on "Energy metabolism in tennis with practical recommendations for high-performance and recreational sports."

Career

Since 2002, Ferrauti is a full Professor for Sports Science at Ruhr University Bochum teaching Training & Exercise Science and will be Emeritus from 2026. His research topics are related to physiological aspects in team and racket sports, [3] [4] performance testing [5] [6] [7] training prescription [8] [9] and sports nutrition [10] for different age groups [11] [12] on recreational [8] and competitive level. [9] He is editor of several textbooks. [2] [13] [14] Ferrauti served as Faculty Dean from 2013 to 2017 and was a member of the Senate at Ruhr University Bochum. He was Scientific Consultant for the German Tennis Federation and holds an A-level Coaching license. After being Congress President of the 22nd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECCS) in 2017, he was elected to the ECSS Executive Board (2019) and was ECSS President (2023-2025) and ECSS Past President (2025-2027).


References

  1. ↑ ECSS homepage, retrieved on August 28, 2025
  2. 1 2 Ferrauti, Alexander (1999). Der Energiestoffwechsel im Tennis: eine trainingswissenschaftliche Analyse mit praktischen Empfehlungen für Leistungs- und Breitensport (1. Aufl ed.). Sankt Augustin: Academia-Verl. ISBN   3-89665-129-3.
  3. ↑ Ferrauti, Alexander; Bergeron, Michael F.; Pluim, Babette M.; Weber, Karl (1 July 2001). "Physiological responses in tennis and running with similar oxygen uptake" . European Journal of Applied Physiology. 85 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1007/s004210100425. ISSN   1439-6327. PMID   11513317.
  4. ↑ Ferrauti, A.; Giesen, H. T.; Merheim, G.; Weber, K. (May 2006). "Indirect calorimetry in a soccer game" (PDF). Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin. 57: 142–146.
  5. ↑ Fernandez-Fernandez, Jaime; Ulbricht, Alexander; Ferrauti, Alexander (April 2014). "Fitness testing of tennis players: How valuable is it?". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 48 (Suppl 1): i22 –i31. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-093152. PMC   3995228 . PMID   24668375.
  6. ↑ Ferrauti, Alexander; Kinner, Vanessa; Fernandez-Fernandez, Jaime (1 March 2011). "The Hit & Turn Tennis Test: An acoustically controlled endurance test for tennis players". Journal of Sports Sciences. 29 (5): 485–494. doi:10.1080/02640414.2010.539247. PMID   21294033.
  7. ↑ Knoop, Marco; Fernandez-Fernandez, Jaime; Ferrauti, Alexander (August 2013). "Evaluation of a Specific Reaction and Action Speed Test for the Soccer Goalkeeper". Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 27 (8): 2141–2148. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e31827942fa. PMID   23168375.
  8. 1 2 Ferrauti, Alexander; Bergermann, Matthias; Fernandez-Fernandez, Jaime (October 2010). "Effects of a Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training on Running Performance and Running Economy in Recreational Marathon Runners". Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 24 (10): 2770–2778. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d64e9c. PMID   20885197.
  9. 1 2 Ferrauti, Alexander; Pluim, Babette M.; Weber, Karl (January 2001). "The effect of recovery duration on running speed and stroke quality during intermittent training drills in elite tennis players". Journal of Sports Sciences. 19 (4): 235–242. doi:10.1080/026404101750158277. PMID   11311021.
  10. ↑ Ferrauti, Alexander; Remmert, Hubert (June 2003). "The effects of creatine supplementation: A review with special regards to ballgames". European Journal of Sport Science. 3 (3): 1–27. doi:10.1080/17461390300073309.
  11. ↑ Kappenstein, J.; Ferrauti, A.; Runkel, B.; Fernandez-Fernandez, J.; Müller, K.; Zange, J. (November 2013). "Changes in phosphocreatine concentration of skeletal muscle during high-intensity intermittent exercise in children and adults" (PDF). European Journal of Applied Physiology. 113 (11): 2769–2779. doi:10.1007/s00421-013-2712-x. PMID   23995672.
  12. ↑ Ulbricht, Alexander; Fernandez-Fernandez, Jaime; Mendez-Villanueva, Alberto; Ferrauti, Alexander (April 2016). "Impact of Fitness Characteristics on Tennis Performance in Elite Junior Tennis Players". Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 30 (4): 989–998. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000001267. PMID   26605803.
  13. ↑ Ferrauti, Alexander, ed. (2020). Trainingswissenschaft für die Sportpraxis: Lehrbuch für Studium, Ausbildung und Unterricht im Sport. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum Berlin. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-58227-5. ISBN   978-3-662-58226-8.
  14. ↑ Ferrauti, Alexander; Weber, Karl; Maier, Peter (2014). Handbuch für Tennistraining: Leistung - Athletik - Gesundheit (3., überarb. und erw. Aufl ed.). Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN   978-3-89899-367-8.
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