String tension effects on tennis ball rebound speed and accuracy during playing conditions

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 765-771

  Bower, Rob ^a   Cross, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Errors; Gender; Rebound speed; String tension; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; TENNIS; TENSION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNIS;

EID: 22644442839     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400021914     Document Type: Article

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