Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2024 Feb 27;19(5):454-462. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2023-0484. Print 2024 May 1.
This study analyzed the sequences of actions in professional men and women padel players to identify common game patterns.
The sample comprised 17,557 stroke-by-stroke actions (N = 1640 rallies) of the championship World Padel Tour. Multistep Markov chains were used to calculate the conditional probabilities of occurrence of actions during the rally.
Results revealed that men's and women's padel is mainly defined by 36 patterns constituting 55% and 63% of all actions in the game, respectively, with the 10 most common sequences accounting for 42% to 45% of the game. There were recurrent technical-tactical actions with specific offensive and defensive functions that were constantly reiterated during the rallies. In men, the use of smash, volley, bandeja, direct, back wall, back-wall lobs, and direct lobs followed a foreseeable pattern up to 8 lags, whereas women described predictable interactions for volley, bandeja, direct, lobs, and direct lobs up to 5 lags and for smash and back wall up to 4 lags.
The ability of padel players to recall these patterns and enhance their anticipation skills may potentially improve their performance. These findings contribute to a better knowledge of professional padel game dynamics while providing coaches and players with useful information to optimize training and decision-making strategies.
本研究分析了职业男女壁球运动员的动作序列，以识别常见的比赛模式。
样本包括世界壁球巡回锦标赛的 17557 次击球动作（N=1640 回合）。多步马尔可夫链用于计算回合中动作发生的条件概率。
结果表明，男子和女子壁球主要由 36 种模式定义，分别占比赛中所有动作的 55%和 63%，其中 10 种最常见的序列占比赛的 42%至 45%。比赛中反复出现具有特定进攻和防守功能的技术战术动作。在男子比赛中，扣杀、截击、挡球、直线球、后墙球、后墙高球和直线高球的使用呈现出可预测的模式，可预测性高达 8 个时间差；而女子比赛中，截击、挡球、直线球、高球和直线高球的可预测性交互高达 5 个时间差，扣杀和后墙球的可预测性交互高达 4 个时间差。
壁球运动员回忆这些模式和提高预判能力的能力可能会提高他们的表现。这些发现有助于更好地了解职业壁球比赛动态，同时为教练和运动员提供有用的信息，以优化训练和决策策略。
