Automated processes in tennis: Do left-handed players benefit from the tactical preferences of their opponents?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-443

  Loffing, Florian ^a   Hagemann, Norbert ^a   Strauss, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ball tracking; Handedness; Laterality; Strategic advantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953897827     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903536459     Document Type: Article

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