Boys and girls can vastly vary in their rates of growth and maturity during adolescence. Those that mature early are taller, quicker, bigger and stronger, giving them a significant advantage over their late maturing peers. This means that later maturing players are often overlooked in the elite tennis selection process. Now the Lawn Tennis Association LTA is collaborating with scientists at the University of Bath to use statistics to avoid selection bias towards early maturing players.
Our data show that this selection bias impacts girls from the age of 10 and boys from the age of At the elite level, it is quite common to find junior players, especially adolescent boys, who are six foot or greater in height. While early maturing boys and girls have initial advantages, the pressure to win can lead them to play to their physical strengths at the expense of their technical development. He lost grip and the crucial second set, and he spent the break criticising his team for their lack of preparedness.
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