Measurement of Main Strings Movement and its Effect on Tennis Ball Spin

Washida, Yudai; Elliott, Nathan; Allen, Thomas B.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.06.097

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“…The returning movement of the strings acted to increase the spin of the ball, while decreasing its transverse velocity. Recent studies have shown a similar but less pronounced effect can be obtained by reducing the number of cross strings [37,83] or lubricating the strings [36,84].…”

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A review of tennis racket performance parameters

2015

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The application of advanced engineering to tennis racket design has influenced the nature of the sport. As a result, the International Tennis Federation has established rules to limit performance, with the aim of protecting the nature of the game. This paper illustrates how changes to the racket affect the racket-player system. The review integrates engineering and biomechanical issues related to tennis racket performance, covering the biomechanical characteristics of tennis strokes, tennis racket performance, the effect of racket parameters on ball rebound and biomechanical interactions. Racket properties influence the rebound of the ball. Ball rebound speed increases with frame stiffness and as string tension decreases. Reducing inter-string contacting forces increases rebound topspin. Historical trends and predictive modelling indicate swingweights of around 0.030 to 0.0350 kg/m 2 are best for high ball speed and accuracy. To fully understand the effect of their design changes, engineers should use impact conditions in their experiments, or models, which reflect those of actual tennis strokes. Sports engineers therefore benefit from working closely with biomechanists to ensure realistic impact conditions.

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“…In these researches, they found that rebound spin decreased with the number of cross strings. Washida et al (2014) showed measured data about relationships between number of cross strings and rebound spin [7].…”

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Simulation of Mechanical Characteristics of Tennis Racket String Bed Considering String Pattern

Matsuda

Nakui

Hashiguchi

2018

The 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association

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Abstract:The effect of string pattern on the mechanical characteristics of a tennis racket were simulated numerically. A numerical simulation program to evaluate deformation of the string bed of a tennis racket was developed using the finite element method. The formulation of a numerical simulation code is described in this paper. The applicability of the developed simulation program was investigated by comparing experimental results of loading tests on string bed specimens, for which the distance between strings was 12 mm. The out-of-plane stiffness and sliding characteristics of strings of an actual racket were simulated using the developed simulation code.

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Motion Repeatability of Tennis Forehand Preparation Phase Without the Ball Using Three Dimensional Data

Skublewska‐Paszkowska

2017

Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 38th International Conference on Information Systems Architectu

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Measurement of Main Strings Movement and its Effect on Tennis Ball Spin

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

A review of tennis racket performance parameters

A review of tennis racket performance parameters

Simulation of Mechanical Characteristics of Tennis Racket String Bed Considering String Pattern

Motion Repeatability of Tennis Forehand Preparation Phase Without the Ball Using Three Dimensional Data

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