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. 2019 May 28;10:1194. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01194

Table 4.

Frequency of different rally characteristics and summary statistics of parameters related to either opponent hitting the third shot in each cluster for lob return of serves (ROS).

Distance covered by opponent Distance of by opponent
Player ROS Time (between ROS hitting third shot (between hitting third shot from
Serve
Playing standard
aimed toward
Rally length
and third shot)
ROS and third shot)
net (at third shot)
Serve Short Short Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Cluster 1st 2nd National Regional Server partner (lost) (won) Long (s) (s) (m) (m) (m) (m)
1 129 0 129 0 62 67 44 22 63 1.65 0.48 2.68 1.19 5.43 1.67
26.0% 0.0% 66.5% 0.0% 21.1% 20.1% 28.8% 21.4% 17.0%
2 0 102 28 74 43 59 22 17 63 1.65 0.23 2.43 0.79 5.57 1.04
0.0% 78.5% 14.4% 17.1% 14.6% 17.7% 14.4% 16.5% 17.0%
3 126 0 0 126 55 71 83 43 0 1.64 0.42 2.34 1.03 5.03 1.56
25.4% 0.0% 0.0% 29.1% 18.7% 21.3% 54.2% 41.7% 0.0%
4 80 0 0 80 0 80 0 0 80 1.69 0.23 2.67 0.90 5.46 1.05
16.1% 0.0% 0.0% 18.5% 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 0.0% 21.6%
5 74 25 32 67 47 52 3 17 79 3.03 0.28 5.82 0.86 8.61 0.37
14.9% 19.2% 16.5% 15.5% 16.0% 15.6% 2.0% 16.5% 21.3%
6 86 0 0 86 86 0 0 0 86 1.72 0.26 2.42 0.83 5.96 0.92
17.3% 0.0% 0.0% 19.9% 29.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 23.2%

Key: Percentages calculated for columns but do not add to 100% because outliers were not included.