Priego Quesada, J.I., Olaso Melis, J., Llana-Belloch, S., Pérez-Soriano, P., González García, J.C. & Sanchís Almenara, M. (2013). Padel: A Quantitative study of the shots and movements in the highperformance. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 8(4), pp.925-931. Padel is a sport that has increasing its importance in recent years. Despite this evolution, there is a lack of scientific papers analyzing padel aspects, specifically about the quantification of movements and shots during match. The purpose of this study was to perform quantitative analyses of movements and shots in padel in order to establish the importance of each type. Twenty male professional players were recorded with a video during ten matches and movements (lateral, head-on and backward displacement, split-steps, jump for a smash, and turns pivoting on the right or left foot) and shots (direct and indirect drive, backhand, smash and lob, and direct volley) were identified, quantified and classified. A movement predominance was observed for the lateral displacement followed by head-on displacement and split-step. Direct volley (24.66%) and indirect lob (20.52%) were the most frequent shots, followed by direct smash (17.76%), indirect backhand (14.70%) and indirect drive (14.55%).
This paper presents a new virtual-engineering platform, called as virtual shoe test bed (VSTB), for supporting the design of footwear from the engineering point of view. The proposed VSTB system includes various functional design criteria in order to support the definition of the best solution for each product utilising scenarios based on user needs and preferences. Using the proposed virtual-engineering system a designer is able to simulate the behaviour of footwear components and the interaction between shoe and user in order to derive a predictive estimation of the fitting, thermal comfort and 54 P. Azariadis et al.performance ratings without the necessity to manufacture and validate physical prototypes. The present paper describes the architecture, the tests implemented in the final system along with corresponding lab experiments conducted in terms of industrial validation. All results and hints for future research are reported and discussed.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Azariadis, P., Moulianitis, V., Melis, J.O., Alemany, S., González, J.C., de Jong, P., Dunias, P., van der Zande, M. and Brands, D. (2010) 'An innovative virtual-engineering system for supporting integrated footwear design', Int. and working in various national and EU research projects. His research activities are focused in the design theories and methodologies, computational intelligence, KAD, mechatronics and robotics.Jose Olaso Melis is an Industrial Engineer at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Since 2003, he has been working as a Researcher within the footwear and clothing group of the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia. His research areas of interest are biomechanics, physiology and comfort, focusing in the analysis of user-product interaction in different product typology (sports, safety and daily wear) and populations (children, adults and seniors), with the aim of improving product's performance and user's comfort. He has wide experience in R&D activities for footwear and clothing companies and has participated in European research projects related to product innovation. Sandra Alemany is a Researcher at the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia, Spain. Her research interest is focused in the human-product interaction and includes the study of anthropometry and 3D body shape variation, the human shape modelling, the influence of material properties in the product fitting and their study by means of biomechanical variables. She has particular expertise in the application and transference of this knowledge in the product design process, especially in footwear and clothing.An innovative virtual-engineering system 55 Juan Carlos González is an Industrial Engineer. He coordinates the R&D activities of the IBV in the area of technical clothing (which also includes footwear and personnel protective equipment) at a technical and scientific level. He has a wide experience in R&D activities for footwear and clothing companies and has participated in several projects which are highly relevant to the European Union...
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