Measuring ball spin off a tennis racket

GOODWILL, S. R., DOUGLAS, J., MILLER, S. and HAAKE, S. J. (2006). Measuring ball spin off a tennis racket. In: MORITZ, E. F. and HAAKE , S., (eds.) The engineering of sport 6. Springer, 379-384.

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Abstract

A series of experiments were carried out in which a spinning tennis ball was projected obliquely at a head clamped racket. In each experiment a different string was used in the racket frame. An automated image analysis algorithm was used to measure the velocity and spin of the ball. It has been found that, for the majority of impacts, the magnitude of the ball rebound spin was dependant on string stiffness. It has been concluded that the string stiffness influences the magnitude of stringbed lateral movement during impact. This differing magnitude of lateral string movement, in turn, influences the amount of ball rebound spin.

Item Type:	Book Section
Research Institute, Centre or Group:	Centre for Sports Engineering Research
Identification Number:	10.1007/978-0-387-46050-5_67
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Carole Harris
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2010 16:44
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2010 15:40
URI:	http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2233

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