Thursday 27 December 2012

Tennis service consistency and accuracy –Are they related?


Yes, irrespective of the velocity of the service execution, the capacity of the player to serve the balls to the designated deuce/ad courts and to the fore/back hand corner.[See the attached diagrams]This phenomenon was empherically tested and the obtained correlation between the accuracy and consistency was positive.
Asok kumar, Prince jeya kumar; Relationship between tennis service consistency and accuracy, Un
     Published Master’s degree dissertation, Annamalai University,May 2008.

Coaching point: In order to develop accuracy in service the player should have to serve continuously to the deuce and ad courts with medium velocity and with correct form[velocity of serve may vary individually according to their skill level] till to the point of exhaustion.


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