Acute effects of customizing a tennis racquet on serve and swing speed in senior recreational tennis players

2016-10-23
Söğüt, Mustafa
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A vast number of tennis players use additional lead weights attached to their racquets in order to improve stroke performances. However, there is limited evidence that racquet customization as such boosts efficiency in different age and performance levels.
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/88356
Uluslararası Katılımlı 8. Ulusal Biyomekanik Kongresi, 19-23 Ekim 2016
Department of Physical Education and Sports, Conference / Seminar

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M. Söğüt, “Acute effects of customizing a tennis racquet on serve and swing speed in senior recreational tennis players,” Ankara, Türkiye, 2016, p. 140, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/88356.
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