Analysis of Strategy and Tactics in Tennis
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https://doi.org/10.52383/itfcoaching.v18i50.624Keywords:
Tactics, Analysis, StrategyAbstract
This article is a review of previous studies related to tactics and strategy in tennis and an insight into current trends and observations within the modern professional game. The purpose of performance analysis of interest to the current paper is tactical analysis. In this paper, we will firstly discuss the nature of tactics and strategy in sport before covering how tactical aspects of tennis can be analysed.
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