Science and Racket Sports III: The Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress and the Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports

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Author: Adrian Lees

ISBN-10: 0415338409

ISBN-13: 9780415338400

Category: Basic Sciences

Science and Racket Sports III introduces the edited papers and keynote addresses presented at the combined Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress, in February 2003.\ The papers are brought together by world-class experts: Lees is Chair of the World Congress for Sports Science Rackets Division, Kahn is Technical Director of the International Table Tennis federation, and Maynard is Secretary of the British...

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Science and Racket Sports III introduces the edited papers and keynote addresses presented at the combined Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress, in February 2003.The papers are brought together by world-class experts: Lees is Chair of the World Congress for Sports Science Rackets Division, Kahn is Technical Director of the International Table Tennis federation, and Maynard is Secretary of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists.The papers detail cutting edge research in racket sports science in five key areas:* notational match analysis• sports medicine• biomechanics• sports psychology• sports physiology.This valuable collection embraces a broad spectrum of the issues being examined by contemporary sports scientists, and will be of interest to researchers in sports biomechanics and ergonomics, sports engineering and elite racket sports professionals.

1An on-court, ghosting protocol to replicate physiological demands of a competitive squash match32The effect of a new sports drink on fatigue factors in competitive tennis athletes93Dehydration during table tennis in a hot, humid environment154Heart rate monitoring of table tennis players215Influence of exercise intensity on physiological parameters and on the drive execution in table tennis256Monitoring effort during increasing levels of training exercises in table tennis317Effect of the Type 3 (oversize, slow speed) tennis ball on heart rate, activity level and shots per point during tennis play378Effects of the ground surface on the physiological and technical responses in young tennis players439Influence of table tennis ball diameter on precision, organisation of movement and heart rate4910Does practicing on clay affect the level of motor abilities of tennis players?5511Physiological demands and injury in racket sports : differences and similarities6112Glenohumeral arthrokinematics of two test-cases with internal impingement at the end of late cocking7013The effect of tennis participation on bone mass is better retained in male than female master tennis players7614Strength training maintains muscle mass and improves maximal dynamic strength in two professional tennis players8215An overview of the application of biomechannics to racket sports9116Service in tennis : speed and accuracy depending on the type of racket used9917An analysis of the relationship between the exit angle of the shuttlecock and the impact height of the clear, drop and smash strokes in badminton10418A descriptive study of the rotative topspin and of the striking topspin of expert table tennis players11019The technique used to receive a rotating ball in table tennis11620Myoelectric and neuromuscular features of the table tennis forehand stroke performance executed with balls of different sizes12121Measuring the spin of a ball by digital image anaysis12922Impact prediction between ball and racket in table tennis13423Comparison of the 40 and 38 mm table tennis balls in terms of impact with a racket based on predicted impact phenomena14024Characterisation of table tennis racket sandwich rubbers14625Match analysis in racket sports15526Effect of gender and tennis court surface properties upon strategy in elite singles16327Comparison of tactical solutions and game patterns in the finals of two grand slam tournaments in tennis16928The advantage of playing fewer sets than the opponent in the previous two rounds of Grand Slam tennis tournaments17529The impact of speed of service in Grand Slam singles tennis17930Functional differences between tennis and badminton in young sportsmen18531Patterns of play of elite female badminton players19032Performance profiles of elite men's squash doubles match play19633Differences between the winning and the losing players in a squash game in terms of distance covered20234Monitoring the time and frequency of players staying on the basic T-position in squash20835A process oriented approach for match analysis in table tennis21436Performance diagnosis through mathematical simulation in table tennis in left and right handed shakehand and penholder players22037Table tennis after the introduction of the 40mm ball and the 11 point format22738The sources of stress for junior table tennis players who attend the English National Training Academy23539The effectiveness of repetitive practice on the neuromuscular pathways in elite badminton athletes24140Disguising ones intentions : the availability of visual cues and situational probabilities when playing against an international level squash player24741Tennis as a dynamical self-organizing system25342Self-controlled learning of the forehand topspin stroke in table tennis25943Anticipating serve direction : implicit sequence learning in tennis26544Impact of the new scoring system on expert table tennis players' activity271