Tennis Science: The Power of the Racket and the Ball
Introduction
Tennis is a popular sport mostly in western part of the world. This is played as single or
double players. Each players has a racket that should be used in smashing the ball in to the other
side of the court and take advantage in getting a score. This sport can enhance our physical
fitness same as some hard core athletic sports like swimming, basketball, and many more. The
mechanics in this game, make sure you should avoid to commit a mistake, make the opponent
make a mistake and score a point. But this is not just swing the racket, give the best that you’ve
got and make a lots of point. In this paper player should know the science behind the racket and
the movement of the ball in the game. There are lots of long-time player doesn’t know about the
science behind the tennis. In fact, this is a great advantage to get a point to your opponent by
using this knowledge as a tactics.
The Racket
The String as the face of the racket
The sting is the largest part of the racket that serve as the face of the racket. This is the
part where the ball were landed as you swing the racket. This can be made up of natural guts or
synthetic guts. Natural guts came from the intestine of an animal. While the synthetic guts came
from nylon strings, polyester and Kevlar, multifilament or textured string. Nylon strings is a
good al around string category. This is a popular string choice in tennis. The polyester and
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Kevlar represent the durability category. While in multifilament string, this is the best overall
playability for your racket. It is gentle. It can punish your opponent. Lastly the te...
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Tennis serve Introduction to tennis Tennis is a sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
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It is said that in 1949, Sobek and a partner began playing with a paddle and combined the rules of handball and squash to play what they called “paddle racquets.” He then decided to change from a paddle to a racquet itself using a tennis racquet as a model. He made 25 to sell to his friends to start the sport. There was one problem though; there were faults in the ball. Sobek then found a Spalding ball made for children that work well. He bought a lot of them and sold him to his friends in 1950 to keep his sport from dwindling out. Sobek eventually started his own company to make his own ball to his exact specifications for the game.
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