On a 120-mph serve ... the service court. A tennis ball's spin barely decreases during flight, and actually increases when the ball hits the court. "Looking at slow-motion video, you can see ...

2 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Background The tennis ...

Whether it's the serve, forehand, backhand or volley, tennis puts a lot of stress on your wrist. "There are about ... studied tennis players' strokes in a motion analysis lab.

Methods Seven NCAA Division I male tennis players performed three successful flat, kick and slice serves. Serves were recorded using an eight camera markerless motion capture system ... magnitudes at ...