Comparing the pre- and post-impact ball and racquet kinematics of elite tennis players' first and second serves: A preliminary study

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 529-537

  Chow, John W ^a   Carlton, Les G ^a   Lim, Young Tae ^a   Chae, Woen Sik ^a   Shim, Jae Ho ^a   Kuenster, Ann F ^a   Kokubun, Kazumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball toss; Biomechanics; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANK SUM TEST; SPORT; TENNIS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RACQUET SPORTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038498074     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264041031000101908     Document Type: Article

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