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posted on 2018-09-21, 09:14 authored by Johan KotzeThe investigation was instigated by a growing concern from the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) that the contribution of racket technology
in the modem game of tennis might be changing the nature of the game by
making it too fast. The serve was earmarked as the most critical stroke
influencing the speed of the game, resulting in the decision to build a test
machine, which would investigate racket performance under realistic serve
conditions. In order to determine the design specifications for the machine the
following studies were performed. [Continues.]
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