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Priorities and rankings for offensive baseliner tennis player: the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

The aim of this study was to establish and explain priorities for offensive baseliner tennis players in offence and defence. Based on the expertise performed by seven tennis experts, the relative importance coefficients in regard to offensive baseliner style were determined for eighteen overall performance evaluation criteria. From each given matrix, important coefficient vectors defined by each of the experts were calculated by means of the Geometric Mean Method and used to form an importance coefficient matrix for an offensive baseliner player. Vectors of the arithmetic means, and standard deviations were computed from the obtained indices. Top of the offensive hierarchical structure indicates that the quality of taking initiative in rallies and quality of first serve have very high importance (AM 0, 171 ; AM 0, 167) and quality of offensive forehand has high importance (AM 0, 140). Top of the defensive hierarchical structure indicates that the quality of second serve return has very high importance (AM 0, 192), and quality of defensive forehand, quality of baseline movement/defensive task, quality of defensive backhand and quality of first serve return have medium to high importance (AM 0, 159 ; AM 0, 149 ; AM 0, 147 ; AM 0, 136). The results of this research can be applied by coaches for the selection of the most efficient tactical solutions and the optimization of the training process among elite tennis players.

elite tennis ; hierarchies in sport ; multi-criteria decision making

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