The application of advanced engineering to tennis racket design has influenced the nature
of the sport. As a result, the International Tennis Federation has established rules to limit …

A common problem in sports mechanics is to understand and to model the impact of a sports
ball with some other object such as a sports surface or an implement used to strike the ball …

The existence of three walls on both court sides in padel is a unique characteristic from
which particular offensive and defensive behaviours emerged. The aim of this study was to …

The tennis racket has developed since the origins of Lawn Tennis in the 1870s. This study
investigated how the tennis racket developed from 1874 to 2017, using measurements and …

This study aimed at investigating the influence of three rackets on shoulder net joint
moments, power and muscle activity during the flat tennis serve under field-conditions. A 6 …

The present study explores the comprehensive composite material selection methodology of
a tennis racket involving coupled Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) and numerical …

Statistical shape analysis, or morphometrics, is a technique commonly used in evolutionary
biology to summarise a population of samples. Theoretical morphometrics extends the …

This paper investigates the nature of the power point in tennis. A series of static racket
impacts and a polynomial fit were used to simulate four different racket shots with increasing …

Tennis racket design has changed from its conception in 1874. While we know that modern
tennis rackets are lighter and have larger heads than their wooden predecessors, it is …

Tennis players have a variety of equipment choices that interact with biomechanical factors
to influence risk of overuse injuries. Immediate loading on the upper extremity is influenced …