Where do winners and errors occur for the best B14’s?

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At the B14 level, the serve is beginning to develop as a weapon. And while the aces totals are negligible, the strength of serve has a noticeable impact on the return of serve. Return errors account for 12% of all errors made. Overall, errors outnumber winners by 3:1, standard in the top junior levels. In the 1st 2 shots though (serve and return), errors outnumber winners by 8.5 to 1.

Errors, errors, errors. Even the best players in the world make more errors than winners. About 3x as many. The top player in the world wins no more than 55% of all points played. So, errors are inevitable. How you learn to deal with them matters. The top players have very short memories. They make an error, forget it and move on. This is known as “poise”. Lesser players dwell on their mistakes and then make even more.

Tagged match data reveals patterns in your errors which can then be corrected on the practice court. And in a sport where coaches and players are working so hard to improve, it is odd that so many do not use this information.

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