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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Racquets | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Choosing a Racquet-the Basics | |
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| Mistakes When Buying a Racquet | |
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| Three Types of Racquet | |
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| Racquets and Player Psychology | |
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| Racquet Features Combine with Strokes | |
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| Selecting a Racquet Is Art & Science | |
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| Care of Racquets | |
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| Racquet Properties | |
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| Power | |
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| The Components of "Power": Exit Speed, Rebound Speed, Racquet Speed | |
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| Effect of Grip Firmness on Power | |
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| The Maximum Exit Power Point Changes with Racquet Speed | |
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| Comparing Racquet Power | |
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| Racquet Power Defined as Rebound Power | |
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| Maximum Effort Power | |
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| Rebound Power Is the Sum of All Racquet Properties | |
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| Power and Energy Loss | |
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| Maximum Theoretical Ball Speed | |
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| The Bad News: Rebound Power Values Aren't Readily Available | |
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| Control | |
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| Rebound Control | |
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| Weight | |
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| Weight and Apparent Weight | |
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| The Six "Weights" of a Racquet | |
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| Racquet Weight | |
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| Light vs Heavy Racquets | |
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| Ideal Racquet Weight | |
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| Balance Point and Pickupweight | |
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| Swingweight | |
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| Twistweight | |
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| Spinweight | |
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| Hittingweight ("Effective Mass") | |
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| Stiffness (Flex) | |
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| Racquet Stiffness | |
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| Measuring Racquet Stiffness | |
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| Vibration Comparison between Racquets | |
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| Racquet Vibrations, Sweetspot, and Feel | |
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| Vibration Dampening | |
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| Shock & the Center of Percussion | |
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| The Difference between Shock and Vibration | |
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| Customizing a Racquet | |
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| Customizing Weight, Balance, & Swingweight | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Strings | |
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| Strings and the Modern Game | |
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| Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Static & Dynamic Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Effect of String Material and Gauge on Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Effect of String Tension on Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Effect of String Pattern on Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Effect of Headsize and Stringbed Suspension System on Stringbed Stiffness | |
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| Rise in String Tension During a Shot | |
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| Stringbed Stiffness Summary | |
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| Tension and Performance | |
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| Tension and Power | |
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| Tension Loss and Going "Dead" | |
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| Tension Loss and Feel | |
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| Tension Loss and Control | |
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| Tension Loss and Sound | |
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| Tension Loss and Prestreteching | |
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| Tension and Spin | |
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| Tension and Player Perceptiveness | |
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| Dwell Time and Performance | |
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| Dwell Time | |
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| Dwell Distance | |
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| Dwell Error | |
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| Dwell Time and Force | |
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| General Rules of Dwell Time | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Balls & Bounce | |
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| Ball Basics | |
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| Ball History | |
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| Rules about Balls | |
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| Ball Testing to Compare New and Old Balls | |
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| Pressurized and Pressureless Balls | |
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| Ball Bounce Off the Court | |
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| Friction | |
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| Bounce Factors | |
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| Angle of Incidence | |
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| Incident Speed and Spin | |
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| Hardness of Court | |
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| Court Smoothness or Roughness | |
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| Horizontal Bounce Speed | |
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| Effects of Friction on Ball Spin | |
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| Ball Bounce Off the Strings | |
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| Angle of Impact | |
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| Tilting the Racquet Head | |
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| The Bounce Path off the Strings | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Spin & Trajectory | |
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| Spin Basics | |
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| Generation of Spin | |
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| Influence of Incident Angle and Spin on Rebound Spin | |
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| Effects of Spin on Bounce off the Strings | |
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| Types and Uses of Spin | |
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| 18 Different Ways to Hit the Ball | |
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| Spin Before and After Bounce | |
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| Effect of Grip on Spin | |
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| Can Racquets and Strings Increase Spin? | |
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| Can Players Feel Spin | |
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| Increasing Spin with Stroke Technique | |
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| Simple Topspin Experiment | |
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| Topspin and the Federer Forehand | |
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| Effect of Racquet Tilt on a Topspin Forehand | |
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| Spin and the Serve | |
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| Ball Toss | |
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| Tips on Serving | |
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| Arching the Back to Serve | |
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| Slice Serve | |
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| Serve Actions | |
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| Forearm Slows Down | |
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| The Sampras Serve | |
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| Force on Handle | |
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| Trajectory | |
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| Vertical Launch Angle | |
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| Hitting the Ball Deep | |
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| Further Reading | |