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Science and Racket Sports II [Hardcover]

Mike Hughes (Editor), Ian Maynard (Editor), Adrian Lees (Editor), Thomas Reilly (Editor)

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0419230300 978-0419230304 June 26, 1998 1
The proceedings of the Second World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and Fifth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress contain six keynote lectures which provide the latest research on a range of sport science topics as applied to tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton.
The book is divided into six parts which deal respectively with Physiology, Nutrition, Preparation for Play, Psychological Aspects, Medical, Biomedical and Technical Aspects, and finally Notational Analysis.
Sports scientists, coaches, physiotherapists, physicians and professional from racket sports industries will find that this book gives them access to the latest research from a world-wide group of experts. It will also provide an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The editors have expertise in racket sports as well as in the various scientific disciplines covered at the Congresses. They have all been active in promoting the links between scientific theory and coaching practice.

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This year (1997), which sees England as World Men's Senior and Junior Squash Team champions, a Scottish player, Peter Nicol, in the final of the British Open Championship and ranked three in the world, and seven England women players in the world top 12, is a good time to review briefly some of the physical demands of squash. Read the first page
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average ball speed, mean rally length, sporting ranking, elite squash players, general athletic fitness, arousal discrepancy, notational analysis system, raw data themes, computerised notation system, behavioural fluctuations, elite male players, rally lengths, hand notation systems, computerised notational analysis, male squash players, tennis strategy, axillary arch, racket sports players, coincidence anticipation, drive routine, visual search behaviours, hitting accuracy, muscular arch, tennis performance, sport specific fitness
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New Fetter Lane, Reilly Published, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Sports Sciences, Roland Garros, New York, Human Kinetics, Journal of Human Movement Studies, Australian Open, Northern Ireland, French Open, University of Birmingham, Halmstad University, Handbook of Research, López Calbet, Liverpool John Moores University, Ness Fetter Lane, Physiology of Sports, Research Quarterly, International Ergonomics, South African Medical Journal, Straight Short, Van Beaumont, Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Signed Ranks, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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