Overview

Overview
Arm yourself with some helpful context before diving into each analysis section. Watch some rallies, understand the match conditions, and an idea of what typical rally stacked up to similar matches.

Third Shot Analysis
Take a deep dive into how each team and individual approached the third. Who was taking them? How did shot selection impact a team’s chances of winning a point?

Transition Zone Analysis (in progress)
How often did serving teams make it to the kitchen? What kind of combinations proved most successful (e.g. third shot drive, fifth shot drop)?

Dink Rally Analysis (in progress)
When both teams made it up to the kitchen, how did those rallies end? Which team was more likely to pull the trigger, and how? Were they successful?

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PPA Ororo Indoor National Championships 2022
Life Time Lakeville - Lakeville, MN

Anna Leigh Waters & Leigh Waters def. Jesse Irvine & Catherine Parenteau
(12-10, 7-11, 11-8)

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Temp: ~67°F
Winds: 0 mph
Ball: Dura Fast 40
Altitude: 971′ (Low)
% Humidity: Unknown

Conditions

over 147 rallies, including:
147 serves
145 returns
615 dinks
and 20 lobs!

1,823 shots hit

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Average Rally Length (shots)

This match had relatively long lasting rallies.

% Rallies won while Serving

Winning the rally while serving was relatively difficult.

% of Rallies with a Dink Battle

An expected % of rallies contained at least one dink battle.

Third Shot Analysis

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Third Shot Type & Frequency by Player

Most Frequent Thirds

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the Leigh Waters Drive (57.1%)

given to the third shot resulting in the highest % of rallies won (min. 10 attempts)

Golden Paddle Award

the Leigh Waters Drop (67.4%)

given to the third shot that resulted in the serving team getting to a dink rally the highest % of the time (min. 10 attempts)

Soft Touch Award

the Leigh Waters Drive (9.5%)

given to the third shot that resulted in the highest rate of errors on the subsequent 4th (min. 10 attempts)

Grillmaster Award

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Third Shot Summary by Team & Player

Transition Zone Analysis

Dink Rally Analysis

About

About the pklmart

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