Hoff, B. van der (Bram) (2018) Discovering Receiver Positioning Behavior, and Its Relation with Serving in Tennis using Linear Mixed Effects Regression. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Background. Breaking serve is crucial in winning a tennis match. In order to break serve, a good return of serve is necessary. In the current study receiver positioning behavior was studied with implications for the tennis serve and return of serve. Methods. An observational study on ATP and grand slam matches was conducted. Courtside, serve direction, receiver positioning and receiver movement between ball toss and racket-ball impact were labeled using Sportscode software. In addition, data from an experimental study in which lateral receiver positioning on the baseline was manipulated between trials was reanalyzed. Receiver positioning behavior and it’s relation to the tennis serve was studied by (generalized) linear mixed effects regression ((G)LME). Results. Different receivers showed different positioning behavior. Differences in behavior were also found for different courtsides. Lateral receiver positioning differed between ball toss and racket-ball impact. The relevance of this stepping behavior is still unknown. GLME on the observational data failed to show a relation between receiver positioning and serve direction. LME for the experimental data did show a relation between receiver positioning and serve direction. Standing more to the inside of the court resulted in serves being directed more towards the outside of the court and vice versa. Discussion. The current study discusses the implications of receiver positioning behavior for return ability in tennis in the context of the concept of affordances.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Pepping, G.J. and Zaal, dr. ir. F.T.J.M. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 11:54 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2022 11:54 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3237 |
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