Technical Tennis: Racquets, Strings, Balls, Courts, Spin, and Bounce

Technical Tennis: Racquets, Strings, Balls, Courts, Spin, and Bounce

<div><i>What are the single most important variables in racquet performance? What racquet and string features combine to provide the most control, comfort, and feel? How can a player create maximum spin? </i>This informative primer answers these and other elusive equipment and performance-related questions that perennially plague hackers and experts alike. A simplified, layperson's companion to the authors' previous work, <i>The Physics and Technology of Tennis</i>, this conveniently sized guide to selecting racquets and strings includes bite-sized explanations of the possible expectations of equipment choices.<br></div>