A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BALL VELOCITY WHILE PLAYING WITH DIFFERENT RACKET COVERINGS IN TABLE TENNIS

Authors

  • Radhika Mishra Department of Sports Biomechanics, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, India
  • Dr. Joseph Singh Department of Sports Biomechanics, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55968/ijobsms.v12i01.460

Keywords:

Table Tennis, Racket Covering, Ball Velocity, Radar Gun.

Abstract

This  study  aimed  to  analyze  the  ball  velocity  whilst  playing  forehand  drive,  forehand  flick  and  forehand  smash  with  two  different  racket  coverings,  i.e.,  inverted  and  short-pimpled.Ten  female  university-level  table  tennis  players  (20.0±3.5  years,  55.3±5.8  kg,  165.7±3.4  cm),  who  had  sufficient  game  experience,  were  recruited  for  the  study.  Prior  to  data  collection,  it  was  ensured  that  all  participants  were  physically  fit  and  healthy  to  perform  the  task.  Ball  velocity  was  chosen  as  a  kinematic  variable.  Two  different  racket  coverings  i.e.,  Inverted  (without  pips)  and  Short-pips  were  used  while  playing  three  different  table  tennis  strokes  i.e.,  forehand  drive,  forehand  flick  and  forehand  smash.  The  unit  of  measurement  was  kilometre  per  hour  (kph).  For  the  comparative  analysis,  IBM  SPSS  26  software  was  used.  The  paired  t-test  was  used  as  a  tool  to  compare  the  findings,  and  the  level  of  significance  was  set  at  0.05.The  study’s  result  indicated  that  out  of  the  three  strokes,  two  strokes  i.e.,  forehand  drive  and  forehand  smash  showed  a  significant  difference  between  playing  with  different  racket  coverings.  Whereas  forehand  flick  neither  possessed  a  greater  amount  of  velocity  in  comparison  to  the  other  two  strokes,  nor  a  significant  difference  was  found  between  different  racket  coverings’  velocity  recordings.While  playing  forehand  flick,  there  was  no  significant  difference  between  inverted  and  short-pips  racket  coverings.  However,  significant  differences  were  found  while  playing  forehand  drive  and  forehand  smash  with  different  racket  coverings,  in  which  short-pips  racket  covering  possessed  a  higher  amount  of  ball  velocity  than  the  inverted  racket  covering.  This  may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  the  conical  pimples  of  the  short-pips  push  the  light  table  tennis  ball  with  a  greater  force  and  hence  a  greater  ball  velocity  was  observed  when  playing  with  short-pips  racket  covering.

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Published

2023-06-04

How to Cite

Mishra, R., & Singh, D. . J. (2023). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BALL VELOCITY WHILE PLAYING WITH DIFFERENT RACKET COVERINGS IN TABLE TENNIS. International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences, 12(01), 135–151. https://doi.org/10.55968/ijobsms.v12i01.460