Analysis on the Skill Characteristics in Women's Double Soft Tennis Matches

Abstract

This study was to analyze the skill characteristics in women's soft tennis double matches in 2005 National Athletic Games. During the competition the data has been collected through the use of on-the-spot record approach into descriptive statistics analysis. The findings were as follows; 1. In one set match, the set mean was 6.38 games and the time mean was 25.03 minutes. The hit mean in one set was 192.88 hits, the hit mean in one game was 30.85 hits and the hit mean in one point was 4.71 hits. 2. The winning percentage of each county was as follows; Yun-Lin County was in the first place with 92%, Zhang-Hua County was in second place with 67%, Tai-Na County was in third place with 58% and Taipei County occupies the fourth place with 55%. Chia-Yi and Tai-Chung counties stand in fifth and sixth places with 42% and 40% respectively. Tai-Nan and Miao-Li counties have zero percentage of winning the game. 3. The percentage of points won in terms of technical hits were as follows; Ground stroke-46.13%, Volley-25.73%, Smash-13.94%, Receive-12.04% and Serve-2.15%. 4. However the percentage of points lost in terms of technical hits were as follows; Ground stroke-59.33%, Volley-18.43%, Receive-14.69%, Serve-4.22% and Smash-3.33%. The obtained data suggest that 1. There are two strategies applied in the winning team, the first one is aggressive attack strategy and the second one is conservative defense strategy. 2. The champion team of Yun-Lin County adopted more skillful strategies to play the women's doubles by having the least hits to complete the match. It can be seen that Yun-Lin team professionally attacked the opponents from the back of the court and blocked soundly at the net to fire the winners, especially using smashes and poaches. 3. Afterwards, players are gaining more experiences and developing new strategies to play soft tennis doubles.