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re: The Championships, Wimbledon 2013 Official Thread
Posted on 6/27/13 at 8:27 pm to austingator
Posted on 6/27/13 at 8:27 pm to austingator
Surface Tension How big a role has court technology played in tennis's current golden age?
I'm too impatient right now to read all of that, but I wish he touched on string technology.
I'm too impatient right now to read all of that, but I wish he touched on string technology.
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Posted on 6/27/13 at 8:42 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Nadal would have been slaughtered like a wedgie-afflicted calf at any Wimbledon of the high Sampras era.4 Which doesn't mean I was wrong to say that Rafa's got greatest-of-all-time potential; after all, Pete Sampras might not have won seven Wimbledons in Nadal's slow-grass era. But isn't it a wrinkle that at least belongs in the conversation?
Posted on 6/27/13 at 11:02 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Surface Tension How big a role has court technology played in tennis's current golden age?
I'm too impatient right now to read all of that, but I wish he touched on string technology.
It's a self-perpetuating myth.
The mirage of surface speed convergence
If surface speeds are converging...
I like Brian Phillips a lot as a writer. But Jeff Sackman came to the table equipped with data.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 11:23 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Surface Tension How big a role has court technology played in tennis's current golden age?
I'm too impatient right now to read all of that, but I wish he touched on string technology.
I'll help you out. Look at this article that discusses a racquet strining experiment done back in the 1970's called "Spaghetti Strings".
Spaghetti Strung Racquets
Now you're gonna look at that spaghetti strung racquet and think it's the silliest thing you've ever seen. Now way somebody could play with that.
But what poly strings do is they implement the physics of the spaghetti strung racquet, but in a less exagerrated way.
The idea is that poly strings let the strings slide past each and then slide back into place. So the strings act as a bit of a catapult and the ball is able to launched off them with more spin.
Do the physica behind poly strings help Rafa more because of his whiplike forehand? Well maybe, except that Federer hits with more spin than Nadal..
Facts. Data. Debunking. Myths. Who. Want. What?
This post was edited on 6/27/13 at 11:25 pm
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