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After doing work in elementary particle and high energy nuclear physics for 25 years, I am now involved in the physics of sports with an emphasis on tennis.
Applying experimental methods, computer techniques, and the elementary laws of mechanics allows an investigation of those parameters which influence the outcome of sporting events. Specializing on the equipment used in tennis, 1 have studied the basic interaction between the ball and the racket and the ball and the court. New and interesting results have been discovered which have allowed better rackets to be made. I have written numerous articles on both the technical and popular levels on this subject, as well as two books on the science of tennis. |
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- Prof. Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
- Fellow, American Physical Society Science
- Science Advisor, U.S. Professional Tennis Registry
- Technical Advisor, United States Racquet Stringers Association
- Member, Sport Science Committee, U.S. Tennis Association
- Member, Technical Committee, U.S. Tennis Association
- Member, Technical Advisory Panel, Tennis Magazine
- Member, Technical Commission International Tennis Federation
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Books
- Science Made Practical for the Tennis Teacher, United States Professional Tennis Registry, Jan. 1986; many chapters translated and published in Japanese Tennis Journal 1988.
- Tennis Science for the Tennis Player, University of Pennsylvania Press, Apr., 1987.
Commercial Videos
- The Science and Technology of Tennis with Rod Cross and Crawford Lindsey
Chapters of Books Written
- Le corde e la cordatura Introduction to the book
- LA RACCHETTA by Elio Bailo, Castagneto, Italy 1987
- The Biomechanics of Tennis Elbow: An Integrated Approach
- with Roetert, Dillman, Groppel, and Schultheis. chapter of Clinics in Sports Medicine (book), Vol 14, no 1, Jan 1995, W.B.Saunders, Philadelphia
- Revolutionary Rackets with Stan Smith chapter of World-Class Tennis Technique
- Roetert and Groppel editors Human Kinetics, Champaign IL, 2001
- The Tennis Racket Chapter of IOC Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, edited by Per Renstrom, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford UK , 2002
- Optimizing Ball and Racket Interactions, with Paul Roetert. Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports, ed Hung and Pallis, pg 183-206
Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2004
Commercial Videos
- "The Science and Myths of Tennis", by Vic Braden and Howard Brody. released Oct. 1992
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