Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the technical and context-related variables of last strokes in rallies on the point outcomes of both men’s and women’s players in elite singles badminton matches. A total of 100 matches during the 2018 and 2019 seasons were analyzed, and the data of 4,080 men’s rallies and 4,339 women’s rallies were collected. The technical variables including strokes per rally, forehand strokes, overhead strokes, and defensive action, and the context-related variables including game status, result against serve, importance of rally, and importance of set, were modeled with Probit regression modeling as the predictor variables. The binary variables of “winner or not” and “error or not” were considered the response variables. The results showed that defensive actions had the greatest impacts on the winners and errors of both the men’s and women’s singles players, and the forehand and overhead strokes were negatively associated with the winners and errors of the women’s singles players and the winners of the men’s singles players. No significant effects were found for the strokes per rally on the winners and errors of the men’s singles players, while significant effects were found for the women’s singles players. The context-related variables appeared to have positive effects on the winners and negative effects on the errors of both sexes. These findings can provide important insights for coaches and players to evaluate their performances of last strokes in rallies and to improve training interventions and match tactics and strategies.
Highlights
Badminton matches are characterized by high intensity and intermittent efforts involving numerous repetitive actions and consecutive movements during rallies (Manrique and GonzalezBadillo, 2003; Abdullahi and Coetzee, 2017)
Physical, and temporal variables have been widely used in previous studies to interpret and quantify the match characteristics of badminton players, and the technical aspect has gained the most interest of the academic community, especially the singles modality (Phomsoupha and Laffaye, 2015; Chiminazzo et al, 2018; Gómez-Ruano et al, 2020a)
In light of the changes in the playing structure, it is necessary to analyze the relationships between the performance of the last strokes and the point outcome in modern badminton matches, which may provide important information for understanding the scoring patterns
Summary
Badminton matches are characterized by high intensity and intermittent efforts involving numerous repetitive actions and consecutive movements during rallies (Manrique and GonzalezBadillo, 2003; Abdullahi and Coetzee, 2017). Notational methodologies have previously been used to depict and assess the technical characteristics (serving patterns, stroke effectiveness, the effects of context-related variables, and Scoring Patterns in Singles Badminton the dynamics of scoring performance) (Phomsoupha and Laffaye, 2015; Barreira et al, 2016; Chiminazzo et al, 2018; Gómez-Ruano et al, 2020a). Little explorative analysis has been conducted that attempts to investigate the influencing factors of players’ scoring performance (Gómez-Ruano et al, 2021). Given the focus on the investigation of key factors for the match outcome in badminton, it is of great importance to evaluate the players’ performances of the last stroke in the rallies. In light of the changes in the playing structure, it is necessary to analyze the relationships between the performance of the last strokes and the point outcome in modern badminton matches, which may provide important information for understanding the scoring patterns
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