{"id":1454,"date":"2013-12-02T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavytopspin.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2013-12-02T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:15:12","slug":"match-charting-project-update-tutorial-tracking-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/02\/match-charting-project-update-tutorial-tracking-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Charting Project: Update, Tutorial, Tracking, Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I announced the Match Charting Project<\/a> last week, the response has been tremendous. \u00a0More than one thousand of you read the post, more than one hundred people downloaded the match charting spreadsheet, and several people have already charted matches, helping build what is already a very useful resource.<\/p>\n

We’re nearing 100 charted matches. \u00a0Here’s the full list.<\/a>\u00a0 A couple of notable recent additions are this year’s Wimbledon men’s final<\/a>\u00a0(thanks Verity!), and the 2009 French Open match in which Soderling upset Nadal<\/a>\u00a0(thanks Amy!).<\/p>\n

New spreadsheet version<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve added functionality to note serve-and-volley points, using the plus sign (“+”) after the serve notation. \u00a0(I’ve added a bit more detail in the instructions sheet to help explain it.) \u00a0It’s optional, but it would be very useful information to have, and if you want to track serve-and-volley attempts this way, you’ll need the newest version of the spreadsheet<\/a>. \u00a0Download it by clicking on the link.<\/p>\n

Match charting tutorial<\/strong><\/p>\n

To give you an idea of what match charting is all about, I recorded my screen while charting the first few games of a match. \u00a0While it’s not the most captivating entertainment, it demonstrates how I set up my screen, and it may help you make sense out of the notation system we’re using.<\/p>\n