Analysis of the serve and the serve return in Squash at the men's elite level
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2017.04268" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2017.04268</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2017.04268" target="_blank" >10.7752/jpes.2017.04268</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Analysis of the serve and the serve return in Squash at the men's elite level
Original language description
Serving and receiving players have various possibilities of how and where to play their shot. The aim is to find out frequency and the most effective types of the serve and returns in professional squash. We have observed and analysed 15 matches involved in the tournament of the PSA World Series (Professional Squash Association) - Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2014. Notational analysis was based on shots type in the first two shots of the rally; i.e. a serve type, a return type including its placement, and the effectiveness (the relation of the serve and the return to the result of the rally). In 83% players used a forehand sidewall serve or a backhand sidewall serve with similar effectiveness, while they more often served from the right side of the court. Players received the serve on the volley in 72% (42% effectiveness), compared with receiving the serve after the bounce (37% effectiveness). The received ball was returned to the back court in 80%, 54% out of that was a straight drive, 46% was a cross-court drive, and the ball was more often directed to the opponent's backhand side (61%). From the player's angle of view, a more effective return shot was directed to the back left-hand corner (i.e. to the opponent's backhand side). When receiving on the right side, a shot played to the back left-hand corner (from the player's view) is more effective by 10% than a straight drive, which is, however, used more frequently despite its lower effectiveness. Coaches and players should know this kind of information and use more frequently a cross-court drive to the back court as a return shot than a straight drive to the back court in training and matches.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50901 - Other social sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Physical Education and Sport
ISSN
2247-8051
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
RO - ROMANIA
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
2417-2421
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85040068765