Can we all agree, tennis needs a change?

[ksbh]

Perhaps a visit to the 'vegetarian pros' thread is in order, to write about my experiences as a musician?! LOL!

It's a line from one of your best-selling albums: KSBH Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

 

[drakulie]

Only thing I would change are the current chair umpires. I would fire them all, and put in chair umps that enforce the damn rules (time violations/coaching).

 

[BreakPoint]

Actually, energy return is what determines court speed. Grass and carpet courts have a high time of impact, so the ground exerts less force on the ball, resulting in a shorter bounce. They also have little friction, thus the balls travel faster and farther after they bounce. Clay is the opposite of grass in terms of physics because clay has a short time of impact, resulting in higher bounces, and more friction, resulting in slower balls after the bounce. My guess as to why a tennis court would be slower and higher bouncing is by shortening the grass, decreasing the time the ball takes to hit the ground instead of creating a cushioning effect by taller grass. This would also increase the friction coeffecient, resulting in slower balls.

Actually, what they did at Wimbledon was to firm up the ground beneath the grass which makes for a harder surface resulting in a higher bounce than before. The ground beneath the grass used to be a lot softer which absorbed more of the ball's energy and resulted in a lower bounce.