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The impact of racket string tension on tennis racket performance
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School of Physical Education, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2024-12-21
Final revision date: 2025-04-13
Acceptance date: 2025-04-29
Online publication date: 2025-10-14
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This paper investigates the impact of tennis racket string tension, within the same material, on the effectiveness of ball striking. The images were recorded by a high-speed camera, and 8 kinds of string pounds were used in the experiment to fix the frame of the tennis racket, and a homemade ball dispenser was used to launch tennis balls with different incidence velocities and angles to the geometric center of the racket head. Within the tested range, the 40-pound string tension demonstrated the highest coefficient of restitution (COR), while the 70-pound tension showed a comparatively lower value.
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