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Tennis During The Wooden Era

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This development happened a bit in every sport, technology played a very important role in this progress. Another good example is tennis. While the sport was being played during the wooden era, players needed to rely a lot more on their touch. The racquets were really heavy (350-400g). With heavier racquets, the ball's speeds was slower and as the racquets also had much smaller head sizes, the sweet spot was also smaller. The wooden era was followed by the steel/ aluminum era. Slowly tennis was evolving from a passive and less intense sport, to a very active and demanding sport. The big jump in racquet technology was the introduction of the graphite tennis racquets. This new material allied power to spin. The two main components when it comes

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