The relationship between performances at U-14 international youth tournaments and later success in tennis

摘要: International athletes appear to be getting younger and national tennis federations coaches often identify talent based on performances at youth tournaments. Sponsors prefer invest in young players who have good on-court results. However, not much is known about the accuracy of as an indicator for later success. This article explores relationship between international under-14 (U14) tournaments success tennis. Performance progress was examined using a bottom up top down analysis results 3,521 U14 professional ranking 727 male 779 female players. The revealed that even though ages increase chance becoming elite athlete, they are necessary achieve Performances seemed only relative importance determination