@misc{10481/63715,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63715},
abstract = {The  purpose  of  this  study  was  to analyze  the  serve  activities  of  elite  European  table  tennis  players.  Twenty matches (78 games, 1466 points) of semifinal and final German League and Europe TOP 16 in men’s (in the top 30 of ETTU Rank list) were analyzed. Differences in serving activities (type, stroke type, outcome and placement) were analyzed according results outcome of match, game, point, phase of the game and type of games. Results showed that forehand short serve prevailed (76.9%) instead other types of serve, mostly placed in the middle  of  the  table  on  the  opponent’s  backhand  side.  Percentage  of  point  won  directly  with  serve  was  11.6%, points  won  with  3rd  stroke -   22.4%  and  points  won  with  5th  stroke  after  serve  (10.9%).  Lost  points  after  serve mostly were after 3rd stroke (25.0%) and after 5th stroke (22.4%) and serve errors were noted in 1.5% of all analyzed points. In the 3rd phase of the game serve points were won mostly with 3rd and 5th stroke instead previous phases of the game. Results  of  Pearson’s  chi-squared  test  showed  an  association  between  match  outcomes  and  serve  type  and outcome,  serve  type  and  outcome  considering  phase  of  the  game  and  different  type  of  games  with  serve  type, outcome and placing zones.},
publisher = {Universidad de Granada},
keywords = {Activity Analyses},
keywords = {Notational Analyses},
keywords = {Player Performance},
title = {Serve analyses of elite European table tennis matches},
doi = {10.30827/Digibug.63715},
author = {Djokić, Zoran and Malagoli Lanzoni, Ivan and Katsikadelis, Michail and Straub, Gunter},
}