{"id":1987,"date":"2016-02-09T19:58:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T19:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2016-02-09T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T19:58:27","slug":"two-new-ways-to-chart-tennis-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/09\/two-new-ways-to-chart-tennis-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Two New Ways to Chart Tennis Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers of this site are probably already aware of the Match Charting Project, my effort to coordinate volunteer contributions to build a massive shot-by-shot database of professional tennis. If this is the first you’ve heard of it, I encourage you to check out the detailed match-<\/a> and player-level data<\/a> we’ve gathered already.<\/p>\n

In the last week, two developers have released GUIs to make charting easier and more engaging. When I first started the project, I put together an excel spreadsheet that tracks all the user input and keeps score. I’ve used that spreadsheet for the hundreds of matches I’ve charted, but I recognize that it’s not the most\u00a0intuitive system\u00a0for some people.<\/p>\n

The first new\u00a0interface\u00a0is thanks to Stephanie Kovalchik, who writes the tennis blog On the T<\/a>. (And who has contributed to the MCP<\/a> in the past.) Her GUI is entirely click-based<\/a>, which means you don’t have to learn the various letter- and number-codes that are required for the traditional MCP spreadsheet.<\/p>\n

\"skoval\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While it’s web-based, it has some of the look and feel of a modern handheld app. It’s probably the easiest way to get started contributing to the project.<\/p>\n

(Which reminds me, Brian Hrebec<\/a> wrote an Android app<\/a> for the project almost two years ago, and I haven’t given it the attention it deserves. It also makes getting started relatively easy, especially if you’d like to chart on an Android device. [Update, December 2019: Unfortunately, it appears this app is no longer available.]<\/em>)<\/p>\n

[Update, December 2019: The other GUI referred to in the title has bugs that render the output unusable. I recommend sticking with the standard MCP spreadsheet, or with Stephanie’s GUI described above.]<\/em><\/p>\n

With\u00a0four ways to chart matches and add to the Match Charting Project database, there are even fewer excuses\u00a0not to contribute. If you’re still not convinced, I have even more reasons for you to consider<\/a>. And if you’re ready to jump in, just click over to one of the new GUIs, or click here for my Quick Start guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Readers of this site are probably already aware of the Match Charting Project, my effort to coordinate volunteer contributions to build a massive shot-by-shot database of professional tennis. If this is the first you’ve heard of it, I encourage you to check out the detailed match- and player-level data we’ve gathered already. In the last … Continue reading Two New Ways to Chart Tennis Matches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-match-charting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}