Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Does the Use of Video Help Tennis Performance at the College Level?

Just because a college or university makes videos of their matches, doesn't mean that the video is causing the success.  It's very possible that the colleges that go to the trouble of recording their matches are also the colleges that recruit harder for the top players.  Video may have nothing to do with it.

So why are all the top colleges using video analysis?   [Note:  As the seller of the QM-1 Camera Mount, I know that as of March 17, 2015, seven of the country's top ten Women's tennis teams are using the QM-1, and eight of the top ten Men's tennis teams use the QM-1.]   I heard from one coach not long ago that the players actually demanded it.  They expect that whatever team they play for will use video.   Maybe high school coaches can't afford it, or they just don't have the time (most likely!), but at the college level, it is becoming a necessity in order to keep up with the Jones's.

Here's a sample of a match we recorded the other day.   Denver Univ vs Marquette  Think it would help to look at this match video and see what really happened?   Could you coach either player from this?   I would like to think so!