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. 2017 Jan 30:55:161-169.
doi: 10.1515/hukin-2016-0045. eCollection 2017 Jan 1.

Game Performance and Length of Rally in Professional Padel Players

Javier Courel-Ibáñez  1 , Bernardino Javier Sánchez-Alcaraz Martínez  2 , Jerónimo Cañas  1
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Game Performance and Length of Rally in Professional Padel Players

Javier Courel-Ibáñez et al. J Hum Kinet. .

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyse differences in rally length considering attack effectiveness, a players' location and a game outcome in professional padel players. A total of 1527 rallies from 10 male matches of the 2013 Masters Finals of the World Padel Tour were registered through systematic observation. Data treatment included non-parametric mean comparisons (Mann-Withney and Kruskal-Wallis tests), and association analyses (crosstabs and Chi square analysis). In overall, 40% of unforced errors were made within the first 4 s of the rally, over 50% of points were scored between the 5th and 11th s, and 30% of forced errors occurred after the 11th -s of the rally. Hence, the ability to score in rallies of over 11 s duration and not making unforced errors within the first 4 s contributed to the rally outcome. More specifically, winners played longer rallies compared to losers (10.42 ± 7.77 s vs. 8.42 ± 6.43 s); particularly at the net, when scoring from the baseline (11.04 ± 7.64 s vs. 8.90 ± 5.41 s) and making forced (8.86 ± 7.44 s vs. 6.86 ± 6.24 s) and unforced errors (11.91 ± 9.47 s vs. 8.33 ± 6.92 s). Such knowledge may have implications in the design and structure of specific training programmes for padel players according to competition requirements.

Keywords: match analysis; paddle-tennis; performance analysis; racket sports.

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Court zones delimitation. Visual reference was set at the horizontal bar in the grille zone located at the 4th m from the net.
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