Analysis of Performance Parameters of the Smash in Male and Female Professional Padel
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Variables
- Type of smash: The different types of smash were classified into four shots, following the classification proposed by other authors in padel research [16,22]:
- Tray: Offensive stroke, without a bounce, which is made over the head and on the dominant side of the player. In this shot, before hitting the ball, the player opens the face of the racket pointing upwards and hits with a slice effect. The impact point on the ball is lower than in the other smashes.
- Flat smash: Offensive stroke, without a bounce, which is made over the head and on the dominant side of the player. In the execution of this shot, the player hits the ball with a lot of power at the highest possible point, with a flat stroke (no effect), so that after bouncing on the opposite side, the ball could go out of court or return to the other side after rebounding against the wall.
- Topspin smash: Offensive stroke, without a bounce, made over the head and hitting the ball from the non-dominant side (behind the player’s head). In the execution of this shot the player hits the ball with a lot of power, with a topspin effect, accelerating the shot by arching the back so that, after bouncing the ball on the wall of the opposite side, it goes out over one of the sides walls of the court.
- Off the wall smash: Offensive stroke, with a bounce, which is made above the head and on the dominant side of the player. This shot is made when the player, after receiving a lob, lets the ball bounce on his/her side and waits for the bounce on his/her back wall to make a smash. Depending on the player’s aim, this shot can be done with a flat or slice effect.
- Shot effectiveness: The classification proposed by Courel-Ibáñez and Sánchez-Alcaraz (2017) was used to determinate smash effectiveness, distinguishing between the winner (the attacking player wins the point by making a smash), error (the attacking player fails the smash and loses the point) or continuity (the point continues after the smash).
- Hitting zone: The court was divided into six zones, depending on the court side (right or left) and the distance to the net (net, middle and baseline) when the player hit the ball (Figure 1). Baseline zone, from wall to the serve line (3 m); middle zone, from the serve line to 1/3 court area (3.5 m); net zone, from 1/3 court area to net (3.5 m).
- Shot direction: Two possible trajectories were distinguished: down the line and cross court (Figure 1).
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Smash | Efficiency | Gender | ||||
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Male | Female | Sig. | ||||
N | % | N | % | |||
Tray | Continuity | 261 | 89.7 | 295 | 87.0 | 0.189 |
Winner | 21 | 7.2 | 23 | 6.8 | ||
Error | 9 | 3.1 | 21 | 6.2 | ||
Flat | Continuity | 61 | 43.9a | 53 | 63.1b | 0.020 * |
Winner | 72 | 51.8a | 28 | 33.3b | ||
Error | 6 | 4.3 | 3 | 3.6 | ||
Topspin | Continuity | 29 | 56.9 | 15 | 62.5 | 0.305 |
Winner | 21 | 41.2 | 7 | 29.2 | ||
Error | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 8.3 | ||
Off the wall | Continuity | 31 | 75.6 | 32 | 69.6 | 0.514 |
Winner | 7 | 17.1 | 7 | 15.2 | ||
Error | 3 | 7.3 | 7 | 15.2 |
Type of Smash | Direction | Gender | ||||
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Male | Female | Sig. | ||||
N | % | N | % | |||
Tray | Down the line | 151 | 51.89 | 169 | 49.85 | 0.610 |
Cross court | 140 | 48.11 | 170 | 50.15 | ||
Flat | Down the line | 108 | 77.70 | 57 | 67.86 | 0.105 |
Cross court | 31 | 22.30 | 27 | 32.14 | ||
Topspin | Down the line | 25 | 49.02 | 4 | 16.67 | 0.007 * |
Cross court | 26 | 50.98 | 20 | 83.33 | ||
Off the wall | Down the line | 26 | 63.41 | 31 | 67.39 | 0.697 |
Cross court | 15 | 36.59 | 15 | 32.61 |
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Sánchez-Alcaraz, B.J.; Perez-Puche, D.T.; Pradas, F.; Ramón-Llín, J.; Sánchez-Pay, A.; Muñoz, D. Analysis of Performance Parameters of the Smash in Male and Female Professional Padel. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7027. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197027
Sánchez-Alcaraz BJ, Perez-Puche DT, Pradas F, Ramón-Llín J, Sánchez-Pay A, Muñoz D. Analysis of Performance Parameters of the Smash in Male and Female Professional Padel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(19):7027. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197027
Chicago/Turabian StyleSánchez-Alcaraz, Bernardino J., Daniel T. Perez-Puche, Francisco Pradas, Jesús Ramón-Llín, Alejandro Sánchez-Pay, and Diego Muñoz. 2020. "Analysis of Performance Parameters of the Smash in Male and Female Professional Padel" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19: 7027. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197027