the rebound speed would be the same as the inbound speed no matter
how long the collision took.
Even if someone is swinging the racket (which is highly likely)?
I was thinking of the case of an incompetent player (such as myself)
who is just going to
hold the racket up to the ball. Of
On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Robert Clair wrote:
A stretchier stringing (weaker spring
constant) will take longer to slow the ball down and accelerate it
back in the other direction but it won't affect the return speed.
(Again, assuming it is mostly elastic which means it eventually
returns
On Aug 27, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Robert Clair wrote:
Wrong - if by delay you mean the time it takes for the ball to squish
into the racket, reverse direction and come off. This time interval
depends on the spring constant involved (essentially the elastic
characteristics of the ball and the
Dear Ed, Martin, Daivid, Ariel, and all
That was very much what I tried to say to Ariel, a little while ago.
Thanks for being so much clearer than I was, Ed.
May I tell you an anecdote, I don't really know how relevant this
might be for lute playing, however,
One of my friends,
On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Anthony Hind wrote:
You may be right, about the speed (except pehaps the greater
movement back gives greater power forward, I have no idea) , but
more control, and subtlety is surely what we all want, wouldnt you
say?
Not if you're playing continuo in an
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Gut... Good for Lute.Bad for tennis racket.
In 1970, gut strung Poncho Gonzalez tennis racket (from Spaulding) in
the rain... 10 minutes--severe fraying; 11 minutes--broken gut and
match forfeit. (only had the 1 racket.)
The Other.
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Well if you do insist on playing tennis with your theorbo, gut strung
or otherwise
Le 26 août 07 à 19:57, howard posner a écrit :
On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Anthony Hind wrote:
You may be right, about the speed (except pehaps the greater
movement back gives greater power forward, I
