Nadal Serve Phase Correlation Research

From season2005 to season2014, Rafael nadal took part in 35 grand slam tournament, won 14 champions and 6 second place, including An Australian open champion, nine French open champion, two Wimbledon and the us open title. 2010 season, nadal won three grand slam, nadal became the sports man of the year, reaching the peak of his career. Combined with the 2008 Olympic Games champion, nadal become the second golden slam tennis player after Andre agassi. Rafael nadal is a powerful force in the red clay, with the constant change of technical abilities, his grass court and hard court performance are also constantly improved, all of these instructions more comprehensive tennis player nadal is becoming a technology. All These suggested that nadal is becoming a tennis player with more comprehensive technique.This article selects rafael nadal’s 23 important grand slam tournament in 2005-2014 season as the research object. Through video observation, mathematical statistics and comparative analysis, From vertical aspect and horizontal aspect to analysis the reasons why nadal’s victory in the red clay keep for a long time, and gradually achieve good results of the competition on glass court and hard court. Draw the following conclusions:(1)Every year, Nadal does not participate in too much red clay games, but maintain a high rate of games, which means Rafael Nadal pays more attention to efficiency when it comes to red clay games. The strong forehand topspin is the main reason why Nadal can keep a longtime winning rate on red clay, while at the same time, he improved the ability of first serving direct winning rate and backhand forehand sideways hitting ball technique, With stable and efficient second serve, the scoring ability of Rafael Nadal on the red clay ground has been improved.(2)Nadal participates in different court games, high efficient first serve winning rate and stable second serve wining rate has always become the key to win the game. t(3) Through vertical analysis of Rafael Nadal’s match date, we find out The technique features of rafael nadal in serve stage. The right area first servings tend to be send to the inner corner, when his opponents’ drop place near the net, he tends to hit the ball to zone L1 and L3, and the second serve tends to on the middle. The left area first serve tends to outside corner, taking a full advantage of lefthander player and make his opponents move to the sideline of the court, the third shots tend to hit the ball into the L1 and L3 zone with forehand stroke. Nadal’s serve speed is not fast, but he is good at using the placement and rotation changes to disrupt the rhythm and timing of his opponent’s shot, in that way he can take a better control while in his serving game.(4)Nadal’s highest frequency relevance in the serve phase: Left area serve to the outside corner, in case the rival receiving a shallow return, nadal uses his forehand to attack the rival’s backhand. That is the highest efficiency combinations for nadal to score in serve phrase.