How to use Tennis Analytics in your lessons?

Did you know that 1/2 of all the tennis players in the world have never hit 100 strokes in a row over the net? When I train my players I try to help them understand that they need to work on 100 shots in a row to go pro. I start them with just down bounces on the racquet (dribbling the ball), then I have them bounce the ball up, then down on the side of the racquet, then up on the side of the racquet, then catch the ball with no bounce. As they practice this daily they actually hit the tennis ball 500 times in about 5 mins. that is more hits than a player will hit in an Hour and a half match. But in that 5 mins. they will learn to get in the zone (concentration), feel the ball better (touch), work on timing (the firming of the Racquet by griping). So how would you like to have a report in 10 mins on the status of your students ability to read the ball coming at them?, identify exactly how they handle a Heavy Top Spin Shot? the depth?, width? and speed? of their response. How would you like to the see the placement of each shot in order? How would like to see their tactics or lack thereof in a tie- breaker? Would you like to see how they handle Heavy Topspins from level 2.0 to 7.0? Where do they breakdown? Is it because of fatigue? Strenght? Timing? Sequence? Reading? You know your players are good in Drill mode, how do you get them to execute on game mode? Start with Boomer! In ten mins boomer can hit about 75 strokes and play 1 Tie-Breaker, and give you and your players a performance evaluation at their level. Now you can. The raw data can be overwhelming for the 71 strokes but we at Do It Right Tennis have compiled 4 pages of the information that we feel you should know and your players should study off the court. If they know their workout is being tracked for them they don’t have think about the results they can focus on their strokes while on the court. As they replay the shots in their mind while reviewing the data they will build better pictures of their strokes. Here is just 1 sample of 2 pages. Just think about it these 71 strokes occurred at about 1 stroke every 4 second you had to write what the opponent hit at you and what you did with the shot.

Page 1 Stroke performance and data

 

Boomer Level

Percentage in

Total Shots

Average Speed

Your Fastest Speed Response

Average Depth in feet

Average Width from center

2.0

0

2.5

0

3.0

91%

11

32 MPH

50 MPH

23

5

3.5

64%

45

39 MPH

50 MPH

20

5

4.0

36%

14

38 MPH

50 MPH

23

6

4.5

0

5.0

100%

1

46 MPH

46 MPH

22

10

5.5

0

6.0

0

6.5

0

7.0

0

Percentage in

Total Shots

Boomer’s Stroke to you

To Forehand

To CTR

To Backhand

60%

5

Drop Shot

1

3

1

80%

10

Flat Drive

4

6

0

63%

8

Heavy Topspin

4

4

0

75%

4

Lob

0

4

0

44%

18

Pass

7

9

2

67%

3

Serve

2

0

1

50%

8

Slice

4

4

0

80%

10

Topspin

3

7

0

Based on  a level 3.0 -3.5 player or placement in 3rds of the court

 

7

15.56%

of your shots were hit to your opponents backhand

8

17.78%

of your shots were hit to your opponents Center Court

30

66.67%

of your shots were hit to your opponents Forehand

23

51.11%

of your shots were hit to your opponents Deep Court

14

31.11%

of your shots were hit to your opponents Mid Court

8

17.78%

of your shots were hit to your opponents Fore Court

 

Page  2  Serve  performance and data

 

Total 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
Serves 5 4 1 80.00% 20.00%
Aces 0 0
Faults 1 1
Double Faults 0
Serves In 0 0 0
Points Won 0
Fastest Serve 39 38
Average Speed 38 38 38

 

 

 

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