Technical Tennis by Rod Cross

Technical Tennis by Rod Cross

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Summary

What are the single most important variables in racquet performance? How can a player create maximum spin? This guide to selecting racquets and strings answers these and other elusive equipment and performance-related questions that plague hackers and experts alike. It includes explanations of the possible expectations of equipment choices.

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Technical Tennis by Rod Cross

What are the single most important variables in racquet performance? What racquet and string features combine to provide the most control, comfort, and feel? How can a player create maximum spin? This informative primer answers these and other elusive equipment and performance-related questions that perennially plague hackers and experts alike. A simplified, layperson's companion to the authors' previous work, The Physics and Technology of Tennis, this conveniently sized guide to selecting racquets and strings includes bite-sized explanations of the possible expectations of equipment choices.
Howard Brody is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Tennis Science for Tennis Players. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rod Cross is an associate professor in physics at the University of Sydney, Australia. His paper in the American Journal of Physics on the sweet spots of a baseball bat was voted as one of the top 75 papers in physics in the United States. Crawford Lindsey is the publisher and managing editor of Racquet Tech magazine and The Stringer's Digest and the author of Book of Squash. He lives in San Diego, California.
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ISBN 13 9780972275934
ISBN 10 0972275932
Title Technical Tennis
Author Rod Cross
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher USRSA
Year published 2005-09-28
Number of pages 152
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.