Physics Of Tennis Presented by : Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Casey Oware and Dhaval Naik Rowan University

Sweetspot The sweetspot is the area of a racquet which yields the most return and produces the best feel. There are three known sweetspots.

Energy Energy is the conserved property of objects that can neither be created nor destroyed. It is a scalar quantity and it is represented by the symbol E. Examples of some forms of energy are kinetic, potential, heat, sound, electrical energy, etc.

Kinetic Energy Kinetic energy is the energy a particle associated with its motion. It is a scalar quantity; it depends only on the particle’s mass and speed, not its direction of motion.

Potential Energy Potential energy also known as gravitational potential energy. It is defined as the energy of a particle associated with the position of a system rather than its motion. U = mgh

Conservation Of Energy The basic principle of conservation of energy is that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed from one state to another. E total = E initial = E final E initial = K i + U i E final = K f + U f + Energy loss