Recording of the service area and reception method, in ping-pong, for two top teams in the world
Keywords:
Table tennis, Video analysis, Service, Performance analysisAbstract
The purpose of this paper was to record the direction of the service and the way of receiving the service during the matches of China and Germany, two top teams in the world table tennis. A total of 32 matches (2764 phases) between six Chinese and five German athletes were recorded, in the period 2014-2023. These athletes were listed in the top 50 of the ITTF world raking list during the above-mentioned period. Data collection was done using Sportscout software and statistical processing was performed by using Crosstabs analysis. The results showed that the area of service execution depended significantly on the serving team (Chi-Square(8)=78.12, p<0.001). Regarding the reception method, there were differences in the service in the middle inside/out area (Chi-Square(8)=30.014, p<0.001), which was the most frequent choice of both teams. On the contrary, in the second most frequent area of service reception (middle shorts) there were no differences in the reception method (Chi-Square(5)=5.197, p<0.392). In conclusion, the Chinese team chose specific zones to direct its services, while Germany presented a relative variety in its services having the percentages divided into more zones.
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