Effect of ball size on player reaction and racket acceleration during the tennis volley

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-112

  Andrew, D P S ^a   Chow, J W ^a   Knudson, D V ^b   Tillman, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TENNIS; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037961621     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(03)80013-0     Document Type: Article

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