Low compression tennis balls and skill development

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 575-581

  Hammond, John ^a   Smith, Christina ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coaching; Low compression balls; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845783871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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