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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Volume 53, 1982 - Issue 4
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The Influence of Tennis Racket Flexibility and String Tension on Rebound Velocity Following a Dynamic Impact

Bruce Elliott Department of Human Movement and Recreation Studies, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia
Pages 277-281 | Accepted 27 Feb 1982, Published online: 08 Feb 2013

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Qin Zhu. (2013) Perceiving the affordance of string tension for power strokes in badminton: Expertise allows effective use of all string tensions. Journal of Sports Sciences 31:11, pages 1187-1196.
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TomB. Allen, SteveJ. Haake & SimonR. Goodwill. (2011) Effect of tennis racket parameters on a simulated groundstroke. Journal of Sports Sciences 29:3, pages 311-325.
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Rob Bower & Rod Cross. (2005) String tension effects on tennis ball rebound speed and accuracy during playing conditions. Journal of Sports Sciences 23:7, pages 765-771.
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Tom Allen, Simon Choppin & Duane Knudson. (2015) A review of tennis racket performance parameters. Sports Engineering 19:1, pages 1-11.
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Qin Zhu. (2013) Expertise of Using Striking Techniques for Power Stroke in Badminton. Perceptual and Motor Skills 117:2, pages 427-441.
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Rob Bower & Rod Cross. (2008) Elite tennis player sensitivity to changes in string tension and the effect on resulting ball dynamics. Sports Engineering 11:1, pages 31-36.
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R. Bower & P. Sinclair. (2007) Tennis racket stiffness, string tension and impact velocity effects on post-impact ball angular velocity. Sports Engineering 10:2, pages 111-122.
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R Bower & R Cross. (2003) Player sensitivity to changes in string tension in a tennis racket. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 6:1, pages 120-131.
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Bruce Elliott. (1999) Biomechanics: An integral part of sport science and sport medicine. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2:4, pages 299-310.
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Joel Englel. (1995) Tennis: Dynamics of racket-grip interaction. The Journal of Hand Surgery 20:3, pages S77-S81.
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Herbert Hatze. (1994) Impact Probability Distribution, Sweet Spot, and the Concept of an Effective Power Region in Tennis Rackets. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 10:1, pages 43-50.
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Duane Knudson. (1993) Effect of String Tension and Impact Location on Ball Rebound Accuracy in Static Tennis Impacts. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 9:2, pages 143-148.
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Herbert Hatze. (1993) The Relationship between the Coefficient of Restitution and Energy Losses in Tennis Rackets. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 9:2, pages 124-142.
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Donald C. Leigh & Wei-Yang Lu. (1992) Dynamics of the Interactions between Ball, Strings, and Racket in Tennis. International Journal of Sport Biomechanics 8:3, pages 181-206.
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C. Jenkins & C. A. Calder. (1990) Transient analysis of a tennis racket using PC-based finite elements and experimental techniques. Experimental Mechanics 30:2, pages 130-134.
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Bruce Elliott, Tony Marsh & Peter Overheu. (1989) A Biomechanical Comparison of the Multisegment and Single Unit Topspin Forehand Drives in Tennis. International Journal of Sport Biomechanics 5:3, pages 350-364.
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Jack L. Groppel. (1986) The Biomechanics of Tennis: An Overview. International Journal of Sport Biomechanics 2:3, pages 141-155.
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