Science and racket sports III : the proceedings of the Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress and the Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports / edited by A. Lees, J.-F. Kahn, and I.W. Maynard.

The proceedings of the Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress and the Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports held at the National Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Paris, France, May 17-19, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An on-court, ghosting protocol to replicate physiological demands of a competitive squash match / R.A. Sherman, T.J. Creasey and A.M. Batterham -- The effect of a new sports drink on fatgue factors in competitive tennis athletes / B.L. Marks, T.J. Angelopoulos, E. Shields, L.M. Katz, T. Moore, S. Hylton, R. larson and J. wingo -- dehydration during table tennis in a hot, humidenvironment / Y. Kobayashi, T. Takeuchi, T. Hosoi and S. Takaba -- Heart rate monitoring of table tennis players / Z. Djokic -- Influence of exercise intensity on physiological aprameters and on the drive execution in table tennis / V. Fayt, G. Quignon and S. Lazzari -- Monitoring effort during increasing levels of training exercises in table tennis / L. Jospin and v. Fayt -- Effect of the Type 3 (oversize, slow speed) tennis ball on heart rate, activity level and shots per point during tennis play / J.R. Blackwell, E.M. Heath and C.J. Thompson -- Effects of the ground surface on the physiological and technical responses in young tennis players / O. Girard and G.P. Millet -- Influence of table tennis ball diameter on precision, organization of movement and heart rate / V. Fayt, G. Quigon and B. Catoire - Does practising on clay effect the level of motor abilities of tennis players? / P. Unierzyski and E. Hurnik -- Physiological demands and injury in racket sports: differences and similarities / B. Pluim -- Glenohumeral arthrokinematics of two test-cases with internal impingement at the end of late cocking / J.-P. Baeyens, P. Van Roy, G. Declercq and J.-P. Clarys -- the effect of tennis participation on bone mass is better retained in male than female master tennis players / J. Sanchis Moysi, G. Vicente-Rodriquez, J.A. Serrano, J.A.L. Calbert and C. Dorado -- Strength training maintains muscle mass and improves maximal dynamic strength in two professional tennis players / J. Sanchis Moysi

An overview of the application of biomechanics to racket sports / A. Lees -- Service in tennis: speed and accuracy depending on the type of racket used / G. Ruiz Llamas and d. Cabrera Suarez -- Ananalysis of the relationship between the exit angle of the shuttlecock and the impact height of the clear, drop and smash strokes in badminton / A. Carazo, D. Cabello, F. Rivas and A. Ferro -- a descriptive study of the rotative topspin and of the striking topspin of expert table tennis players / G. Poizat, R. Thouvarecq and C. Seve -- The technique used to receive a rotating ball in table tennis / K. Yoshida, K. Sugiyama and S. Murakoshi -- Myoelectric and neuromuscular features of table tennis forehand stroke performance executed with balls of different sizes / M. Kondric, G. Furjan-Mandic and V. Medved -- Measuring the spin of a ball by digital image analysis / Y. Ushiyama, T. Tamki, O. Hashimoto and H. Igarashi -- Impact prediction between a ball and racket in table tennis / Y. Kawazoe and D. Suzuki -- Comparison of the 40 and 38 mm table tennis balls in terms of impact with a racket based on predicted impact phenomena / Y. Kawazoe and D. Suzuki -- Characterization of table tennis racket and sandwich rubbers / Z. Major and R.W. Lang -- match analysis in racket sports / P. O'Donoghue -- Effect of gender and tennis court surface properties upon strategy in elite singles / M. Verlinden, J. Van Ruyskensvelde, B. Van Gorp, S. De Decker, R. Goossens and J.-P. Clarijs -- Comparison of tactical solutions and game patterns in the finals of two grand slam tournaments in tennis / P. Unierzyski and a. Weiczorek -- The advantage of playing fewer sets than the opponent in the previous two round of Grand Slam tennis tournaments / P. O'donoghue -- The impact of spped of service in Grand Slam singles tennis / P. O'Donoghue and A. Ballantyne

1. An on-court, ghosting protocol to replicate physiological demands of a competitive squash match / R. A. Sherman, T. J. Creasey and A. M. Batterham -- 2. The effect of a new sports drink on fatigue factors in competitive tennis athletes / B. L. Marks, T. J. Angelopoulos, E. Shields, L. M. Katz, T. Moore, S. Hylton, R. Larson and J. Wingo -- 3. Dehydration during table tennis in a hot, humid environment / Y. Kobayashi, T. Takeuchi, T. Hosoi and S. Takaba -- 4. Heart rate monitoring of table tennis players / Z. Djokic -- 5. Influence of exercise intensity on physiological parameters and on the drive execution in table tennis / V. Fayt, G. Quignon and S. Lazzari -- 6. Monitoring effort during increasing levels of training exercises in table tennis / L. Jospin and V. Fayt -- 7. Effect of the Type 3 (oversize, slow speed) tennis ball on heart rate, activity level and shots per point during tennis play / J. R. Blackwell, E. M. Heath and C. J. Thompson -- 8. Effects of the ground surface on the physiological and technical responses in young tennis players / O. Girard and G. P. Millet -- 9. Influence of table tennis ball diameter on precision, organisation of movement and heart rate / V. Fayt, G. Quignon and B. Catoire -- 10. Does practicing on clay affect the level of motor abilities of tennis players? / P. Unierzyski and E. Hurnik -- 11. Physiological demands and injury in racket sports : differences and similarities / B. Pluim -- 12. Glenohumeral arthrokinematics of two test-cases with internal impingement at the end of late cocking / J.-P. Baeyens, P. Van Roy, G. Declercq and J.-P. Clarys -- 13. The effect of tennis participation on bone mass is better retained in male than female master tennis players / J. Sanchis Moysi, G. Vicente-Rodriguez, J. A. Serrano, J. A. L. Calbet and C. Dorado -- 14. Strength training maintains muscle mass and improves maximal dynamic strength in two professional tennis players / J. Sanchis Moysi -- 15. An overview of the application of biomechannics to racket sports / A. Lees -- 16. Service in tennis : speed and accuracy depending on the type of racket used / G. Ruiz Llamas and D. Cabrera Suarez -- 17. An analysis of the relationship between the exit angle of the shuttlecock and the impact height of the clear, drop and smash strokes in badminton / A. Carazo, D. Cabello, F. Rivas and A. Ferro -- 18. A descriptive study of the rotative topspin and of the striking topspin of expert table tennis players / G. Poizat, R. Thouvarecq and C. Seve -- 19. The technique used to receive a rotating ball in table tennis / K. Yoshida, K. Sugiyama and S. Murakoshi -- 20. Myoelectric and neuromuscular features of the table tennis forehand stroke performance executed with balls of different sizes / M. Kondric, G. Furjan-Mandic and V. Medved -- 21. Measuring the spin of a ball by digital image anaysis / Y. Ushiyama, T. Tamaki, O. Hashimoto and H. Igarashi -- 22. Impact prediction between ball and racket in table tennis / Y. Kawazoe and D. Suzuki -- 23. Comparison of the 40 and 38 mm table tennis balls in terms of impact with a racket based on predicted impact phenomena / Y. Kawazoe and D. Suzuki -- 24. Characterisation of table tennis racket sandwich rubbers / Z. Major and R. W. Lang -- 25. Match analysis in racket sports / P. O'Donoghue -- 26. Effect of gender and tennis court surface properties upon strategy in elite singles / M. Verlinden, J. Van Ruyskensvelde, B. Van Gorp, S. De Decker, R. Goossens and J.-P. Clarijs -- 27. Comparison of tactical solutions and game patterns in the finals of two grand slam tournaments in tennis / P. Unierzyski and A. Wieczorek -- 28. The advantage of playing fewer sets than the opponent in the previous two rounds of Grand Slam tennis tournaments / P. O'Donoghue -- 29. The impact of speed of service in Grand Slam singles tennis / P. O'Donoghue and A. Ballantyne -- 30. Functional differences between tennis and badminton in young sportsmen / G. Torres, D. Cabello and L. Carrasco -- 31. Patterns of play of elite female badminton players / M. Hughes and A. Tutton -- 32. Performance profiles of elite men's squash doubles match play / J. Wells, C. Robertson, M. Hughes and D. Howe -- 33. Differences between the winning and the losing players in a squash game in terms of distance covered / G. Vuckovic, B. Dezman, F. Erculj, S. Kovacic and J. Pers -- 34. Monitoring the time and frequency of players staying on the basic T-position in squash / G. Vuckovic, B. Dezman, F. Erculj, S. Kovacic and J. Pers -- 35. A process oriented approach for match analysis in table tennis / A. Baca, R. Baron, R. Leser and H. Kain -- 36. Performance diagnosis through mathematical simulation in table tennis in left and right handed shakehand and penholder players / A. Hohmann, H. Zhang and A. Koth -- 37. Table tennis after the introduction of the 40mm ball and the 11 point format / H. Zhang and A. Hohmann -- 38. The sources of stress for junior table tennis players who attend the English National Training Academy / M. A. K. Bawden, B. J. Chell and I. W. Maynard -- 39. The effectiveness of repetitive practice on the neuromuscular pathways in elite badminton athletes / A. J. Pearce, G. W. Thickbroom, M. L. Byrnes and F. L. Mastaglia -- 40. Disguising ones intentions : the availability of visual cues and situational probabilities when playing against an international level squash player / N. James and C. Bradley -- 41. Tennis as a dynamical self-organizing system / Y. Palut and P. G. Zanone -- 42. Self-controlled learning of the forehand topspin stroke in table tennis / A. Bund -- 43. Anticipating serve direction : implicit sequence learning in tennis / R. C. Jackson and M. Gudgeon -- 44. Impact of the new scoring system on expert table tennis players' activity / C. Seve.

Papers are grouped into seven sections covering: physiology of racket sports; ergonomics of racket sports; medical aspects of racket sports; biomechanics of racket sports; racket equipment; match analysis of racket sports; psychology of racket sports.

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