The effect of grip size on the hitting force during a soft tennis forehand stroke

Sports Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Ohguni, Mika ^a   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Sato, Hiroki ^a   Imada, Kohdai ^a   Funane, Sota ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forehand stroke; Grip size; Hitting force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856252624     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738109338547     Document Type: Article

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