COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY IN THE DISCIPLINE WOMEN’S SINGLES BETWEEN BULGARIAN AND FOREIGN BADMINTON PLAYERS

ABSTRACT The study aims to investigate the performance in the discipline Women’s Singles among Bulgarian and foreign badminton players. Thirty matches - semi-finals and finals of international tournaments and state championships in badminton in 2020 and 2021 were studied. The contingent of the study was 5 Bulgarian elite badminton players training at Badminton Club “Aneta Yaneva NSA”. In addition, the playing efficiency of 10 foreign badminton athletes in the top 10 of the World Ranking List for 2020 - 2021 was studied for reference and comparison. Using the author’s methodology, 15 game indicators (strokes) were separated into three groups: attacking, defensive, and neutral, as well as the technical elements: service, meeting, and the realization efficiency of each individual indicator are derived. The mathematical-statistical methods of variation and alternative analysis are applied to process the obtained data. The results show a statistically significant difference in the game efficiency of the attacking type of shots (77% for the world elite badminton players compared to 35% for the Bulgarian players); defensive, respectively 7% of won plays by the foreign players compared to 46% by the Bulgarian badminton players; in the case of the neutral type of shots there were no significant differences in the two groups studied.