Ball change in tennis: How does it affect match characteristics and rally pace in Grand Slam tournaments?

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2020.151.14" target="_blank" >10.14198/jhse.2020.151.14</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ball change in tennis: How does it affect match characteristics and rally pace in Grand Slam tournaments?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Tennis balls degrade after fast racket and ground impacts until they are changed after agreed number of games. The aim is to analyse the new (after the ball change) and used balls (prior to the ball change) match characteristics and the frequency of rally shots in matches in the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2017. Paired samples t-tests and Cohen d were used to compare the point duration, number of rally shots, time between the points, rally pace and work to rest ratio among these tournaments. There was a significant difference in rally shots number played with the new balls (4.17 +- 0.86) compared to the used balls (4.60 +- 1.10) in female matches (p = 0.047); in males matches large effect size was found (d = - 0.83) in the same variable with the new balls (4.44 +- 0.57) and used balls (4.95 +- 0.66), both happened in the Australian Open. No difference was found between the new and used balls in the rally pace in all the observed events. The Wimbledon match characteristics were least affected by the ball change. The ball degradation affected the match characteristic the most in the Australian Open, in terms of more rally shots, but not slowing down the rally pace. Our findings inform us how the ball change can affect the game performance in professional tennis.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ball change in tennis: How does it affect match characteristics and rally pace in Grand Slam tournaments?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Tennis balls degrade after fast racket and ground impacts until they are changed after agreed number of games. The aim is to analyse the new (after the ball change) and used balls (prior to the ball change) match characteristics and the frequency of rally shots in matches in the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2017. Paired samples t-tests and Cohen d were used to compare the point duration, number of rally shots, time between the points, rally pace and work to rest ratio among these tournaments. There was a significant difference in rally shots number played with the new balls (4.17 +- 0.86) compared to the used balls (4.60 +- 1.10) in female matches (p = 0.047); in males matches large effect size was found (d = - 0.83) in the same variable with the new balls (4.44 +- 0.57) and used balls (4.95 +- 0.66), both happened in the Australian Open. No difference was found between the new and used balls in the rally pace in all the observed events. The Wimbledon match characteristics were least affected by the ball change. The ball degradation affected the match characteristic the most in the Australian Open, in terms of more rally shots, but not slowing down the rally pace. Our findings inform us how the ball change can affect the game performance in professional tennis.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise [online]

ISSN

1988-5202

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

ES - Španělské království

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

153-162

Kód UT WoS článku

000518421000014

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85104867205