ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN TOP 16 WOMEN IN 2020.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the European Cup "Top 16" - women: competitive workload; participants and effectiveness of serve and receive. The minimum time for training on the pre-competition day is 2 hours. Approximately this is the possible competitive load per day (2 matches up to 50-60 minutes). The warm-up time before a match is equal to the approximate set time for one match (50 min) by program. One part of the participants (25%) play 4 matches, 50% of them compete in 1 match, and the remaining 25% in 2 matches. There are 16 athletes from 13 countries take part in 16 matches. The total played points is 1621: only 49% are won after own service, the other 51% are won after opponent service. The half of the players (50%) are playing with the left hand and 88% of them are attack style of play, only 2 participants are defensive. There is a PTT player, class 10. Fifty percent of the competitors are between 25-30 years old, and the oldest participant is 57 years old. Half of the competitors (50%) who drop out in the first round have the lowest ITTF ranking - after the first 60. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]