Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court
To assess ball performance for research and development purposes requires greater understanding of the impact conditions a tennis ball experiences in professional tournament play. Ball tracking information taken from three consecutive years of an ATP 250 tour event played on hard court was analysed....
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| author | Lane, Ben Sherratt, Paul Xiao, Hu Harland, Andy |
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| description | To assess ball performance for research and development purposes requires greater understanding of the impact conditions a tennis ball experiences in professional tournament play. Ball tracking information taken from three consecutive years of an ATP 250 tour event played on hard court was analysed. The frequency of first serves, second serves, racket impacts and surface impacts was assessed per game and extrapolated to show how many impacts a single ball is subjected to. Where applicable the pre- and post-impact velocities and angles were found, and the distribution of each was analysed. In total, data from 65 matches comprising 1505 games were analysed. On average, each game contained 70.26 (±16.23) impacts, of which 9.23%, 3.16%, 37.78% and 49.83% were first serves, second serves, racket impacts and surface impacts, respectively. As a result, assuming all balls in play are used evenly, a single ball is expected to be subjected to 105 (±24) impacts over the course of the nine games that it is in play. The results of the investigation could be used to design a wear protocol capable of artificially wearing tennis balls in a way that is representative of professional play. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/835882023-07-14T15:50:41Z Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court Lane, Ben Sherratt, Paul Xiao, Hu Harland, Andy School of Materials Science & Engineering Institute for Sports Research Tennis Ball To assess ball performance for research and development purposes requires greater understanding of the impact conditions a tennis ball experiences in professional tournament play. Ball tracking information taken from three consecutive years of an ATP 250 tour event played on hard court was analysed. The frequency of first serves, second serves, racket impacts and surface impacts was assessed per game and extrapolated to show how many impacts a single ball is subjected to. Where applicable the pre- and post-impact velocities and angles were found, and the distribution of each was analysed. In total, data from 65 matches comprising 1505 games were analysed. On average, each game contained 70.26 (±16.23) impacts, of which 9.23%, 3.16%, 37.78% and 49.83% were first serves, second serves, racket impacts and surface impacts, respectively. As a result, assuming all balls in play are used evenly, a single ball is expected to be subjected to 105 (±24) impacts over the course of the nine games that it is in play. The results of the investigation could be used to design a wear protocol capable of artificially wearing tennis balls in a way that is representative of professional play. Accepted version 2017-06-13T04:36:14Z 2019-12-06T15:26:14Z 2017-06-13T04:36:14Z 2019-12-06T15:26:14Z 2015 Journal Article Lane, B., Sherratt, P., Xiao, H., & Harland, A. (2016). Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 230(4), 236-245. 1754-3371 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83588 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42664 10.1177/1754337115617580 en Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology © 2015 Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1754337115617580]. 19 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court |
| title_full | Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court |
| title_short | Characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis: Matches played on hard court |
| title_sort | characterisation of ball impact conditions in professional tennis matches played on hard court |
| topic | Tennis Ball |
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