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Science Explainer: The Physics of the Tennis Serve [Video]

Scientific American - Posted: September 4th, 2012, 7:00pm EDT

pTennis racquets at the local sporting goods store are typically strung with synthetic materials such as nylon. The pros, however, prefer the natural stuff--and itrsquo;s not catgut as commonly believed, but cow gut . Less stiff than nylon, natural strings offer more control. Itrsquo;s also more expensive: one cow can only string three racquets./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-explainer-the-physics-of-tennis[More]/a

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