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Just read a great book: Biomechanics of Advanced Tennis, edited by Bruce Elliott, Machar Reid and Miguel Crespo.
How to achieve high racket speed?
The biomechanical elements:
How to achieve high racket speed?
The biomechanical elements:
- elastic energy: muscle stretch-shorten cycle (for example: on forehand - supination of forearm prior to hitting in order to accelerate pronation on impact)
- counterforce (pushing against ground with legs for serve, smash, groundstrokes)
- inertia (resistance to movement): linear and radial (on one-handed backhand, keep your elbow bent and close to body at start of forwardswing to increase speed)
- momentum: linear - step into ball, angular - rotate into ball
- balance
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