Womens Tennis Rankings and Ages 2008 Jan Top 100
CLICK ON THIS FILE AND CHECK THE AGES FOR JAN 2008 in WOMENS TENNIS.
| Ave 100 | 24.3 |
| StDev | 4.1 |
Top 100 womens in JAN is approx 24.3. Pretty much always the same. So why wouldn’t one create a developmental model simply on what happens year in and year out in any specific sport. My research and presentations to the Geelong Football Club Match Committee in 2001 was that the average AFL Grand Final Team was 25.7 and each player had >100 games on average. Only 3/4 < 22 etc etc. This model repeats itself in AFL with the odd clanger as happens in nature. Below is a lecture I presented at an AFL conference in 2002 on development simply using ages as a guide which relates to all sports.
And so in tennis the womens rankings seem to vary between 23.6 and 24.5 over many years. They seem to come in at 21.5/22 on average and go out at 27 on average.
And if they can come good before that go for it. There are no rules. No stable developmental stages as people like to construct.
But the reality is that it seems to take time. On average. Agassi was good at 16 and good at 35. He was not average. Thats the point.
So the same theories stick. There is room for the 18 to 20 yo but seems they have to be pretty good and still seems 20 plus is the norm for getting into the elite “on average”.
I have put the teenagers in green. About 13 or 14 teenagers in TOP 100.
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