Tennis: Kinematics used by world class tennis players to produce high‐velocity serves

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-64

  Fleisig, Glenn ^a   Nicholls, Rochelle ^b   Elliott, Bruce ^b   Escamilla, Rafael ^c  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elbow; Female; Kinetic; Male; Olympics; Shoulder; Trunk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008810841     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140308522807     Document Type: Article

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