The objective of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of finishing actions in men’s and women’s professional padel. To do this, the category, the type of finishing actions, the type of shot and the number of shots in 5513 points from five World Padel Tour tournaments were analysed. The results showed that men made more winners and fewer errors than women ( p < 0.001); with smashes usually being the most frequently used shots to make winners, also highlighting the forehand off the wall smash in women's padel. The back wall shots and forehand or backhand shots without a wall appear as the most frequent errors in these finishing actions. Also, while men tend to make more errors with forehand volleys, women hit more winners with this shot. Men and women padel players make more errors (CSR = 6.7; CSR = 5.5) and fewer winners (CSR = −6.7; CSR = −5.5) in the first five shots of each point. However, they make fewer errors and more winning shots as the number of shots per point increases. These findings are highly relevant, since the style of play differs according to the gender of the players.
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar las diferencias existentes entre pádel profesional masculino y femenino en parámetros de volumen de juego e intensidad, así como la influencia de la ronda de juego y el número de set. Se analizaron mediante observación sistemática 5.513 puntos de 38 partidos correspondientes a cinco torneos World Padel Tour de las temporadas 2019 y 2020. Los resultados obtenidos muestran un mayor tiempo de juego (p<0,001), número de globos (p<0,001) y menos intensidad en el juego en pádel femenino (p<0,001), independientemente del set o ronda de juego. Además, el tercer set es el que presenta un mayor tiempo de juego por punto, mayor número de golpeos, más globos y menor intensidad de juego. Finalmente, la ronda de cuartos de final es la que mayor número de golpeos por punto existe, siendo la final donde mayor número de globos y tiempos de juego se producen.
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