Journal article
Gender differences in the spatial distributions of the tennis serve
International journal of Sports Science & Coaching, Vol.10(1), pp.87-96
2015
Abstract
The serve location pattern of professional, Under-16 and Under-12 high performance male and female tennis players was examined. In general, male players tended to serve more to the corners of the service box, while female players hit more serves to their opponent's body. An examination of points won through service aces and service winners indicated that male professional players won points on first serve on the deuce side of the court by serving to their opponents' backhand, and female professional players more won points on first serve by serving to the opponent's body. The findings will focus the coaching of serve performance in youth tennis players, and encourage the charting of tennis match performance to enhance player-coach discussion of tactical tendencies that are gender and age-specific.
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- Title
- Gender differences in the spatial distributions of the tennis serve
- Authors/Creators
- H. Hizan (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaP. Whipp (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaM. Reid (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
- Publication Details
- International journal of Sports Science & Coaching, Vol.10(1), pp.87-96
- Publisher
- Sage
- Identifiers
- 991005541432607891
- Copyright
- © 2015 by SAGE Publications
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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