ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:04 pm
I can't open the page.
How does the scale read? What does the number implies? A coefficient of something?
I don't see where it is explained but they do give the following:
Slow Court: <29
Medium Slow Court: 30-34
Medium Court: 35-39
Medium Fast Court: 40-44
Fast Court: >44
That sounds reasonable and at the same time very unlikely.
Let's assume that indeed it is a coefficient of restitution. That would mean that, after the ball bounces, it would keep only the original speed TIMES the coefficient.
So. For the AO, a ball hit at 100 KPH would travel at 42 KPH AFTER THE BOUNCE. But that would mean that the courts at the AUSSIE would be twice as fast as at RG and, although I can perfectly well see that the Aussie is faster than RG, it is not that much faster.
I have a hard time accepting that. Agree it has to be some coefficient, but maybe it is a more complex formula.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:04 pm
I can't open the page.
How does the scale read? What does the number implies? A coefficient of something?
I don't see where it is explained but they do give the following:
Slow Court: <29
Medium Slow Court: 30-34
Medium Court: 35-39
Medium Fast Court: 40-44
Fast Court: >44
That sounds reasonable and at the same time very unlikely.
Let's assume that indeed it is a coefficient of restitution. That would mean that, after the ball bounces, it would keep only the original speed TIMES the coefficient.
So. For the AO, a ball hit at 100 KPH would travel at 42 KPH AFTER THE BOUNCE. But that would mean that the courts at the AUSSIE would be twice as fast as at RG and, although I can perfectly well see that the Aussie is faster than RG, it is not that much faster.
I have a hard time accepting that. Agree it has to be some coefficient, but maybe it is a more complex formula.
I play tennis at work with a collegue on a polished hardwood basketball court just for fun, ball speed doesn't change much after the bounce. We have padded walls in that gym.
court speeds are rated as follows (roughly corresponds to what I have been observing so I tend to believe it)
AO: 42
Turin 42.1
Shanghai 42.9
Paris 37.5
Canada (which one?) 36.3
USO 35.4
Cinci 33.6
Miami 30.3
IW 27.4
FO 21
Montecarlo 24.9
Madrid 20.9
Rome 22
Fastbackss wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:15 pm
I don't see where it is explained but they do give the following:
Slow Court: <29
Medium Slow Court: 30-34
Medium Court: 35-39
Medium Fast Court: 40-44
Fast Court: >44
That sounds reasonable and at the same time very unlikely.
Let's assume that indeed it is a coefficient of restitution. That would mean that, after the ball bounces, it would keep only the original speed TIMES the coefficient.
So. For the AO, a ball hit at 100 KPH would travel at 42 KPH AFTER THE BOUNCE. But that would mean that the courts at the AUSSIE would be twice as fast as at RG and, although I can perfectly well see that the Aussie is faster than RG, it is not that much faster.
I have a hard time accepting that. Agree it has to be some coefficient, but maybe it is a more complex formula.
I play tennis at work with a collegue on a polished hardwood basketball court just for fun, ball speed doesn't change much after the bounce. We have padded walls in that gym.
Yikes! We had a basketball court at my old office and I thought about hitting on it.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
Wonder how much stress on the relationship because K doing much better than S in singles...may have motivated Siniakova to take singles more seriously, which she did seem to, this year. The fact that most courts are slower now, will favor doubles specialists, who tend to be a bit slower on their feet - which is often why they do better in doubles in the first place (Sania, Bhupathi, Rajeev Ram...)
(Dumb question... Where are we talking about the ATP finals? For the life of me, I can't find the thread. I saw the WTA YEC thread, but I can't find the ATP parallel thread.)
Sorry Dry! I put it under team and country cups (and was rightly chastised for it!)
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
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