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...even as strings offer greater potential for spin, players need technique to fulfill that potential. As Miller says, "the most important factor in the generation of spin is racket speed." Research by Cross at the University of Sydney has shown that pro tennis players have much less feel for strings than they think, and tend to overestimate their importance. A study published last year found that 90% of professionals could not feel a 6 lb. (2.7 kg) difference in the tension of strings in two different frames - even though most professionals insist on exacting string specifications for their matches...
...just ended in India, during which 415 million voters in megacities, small towns and tiny villages came together to elect a new government. I tagged along at one of Rahul Gandhi's campaign rallies, and watched his cousin Varun's inflammatory speeches on YouTube. I calculated the anti-incumbency factor and tracked the post-Mumbai-attacks backlash vote. Counting day - a holiday in India - was dramatic. By the afternoon of May 16, the alliance led by the Congress Party, which had been expected to squeak through to a majority, won decisively. But when it was all over, and the purple...
...league mark in doubles matches. “Coach Green has really put an emphasis on doubles for the team match,” senior Beier Ko said. “It’s only worth one point, but that point can be a deciding factor.”Ko and sophomore Agnes Sibilski went a perfect 6-0 at No. 1 and made the All-Ivy First Team. The duo took down two nationally-ranked pairs—No. 36 Hillary Bartlett and Taylor Marable from Princeton and No. 67 Bianca Aboubakare and Cassandra Herzberg from Brown...
While the Crimson finished 13-28 with a 10-10 Ivy League record, the team exhibited resilience throughout the season, winning several games via comebacks and walk-off hits. Douglas—who had two game-ending hits of his own this year—was a key factor behind Harvard’s refusal to give up. For all of Douglas’ struggles with consistency, his strong work ethic has always been a constant. In fact, it is the aspect of his personality that captured the Crimson’s attention in the first place...
...study did, however, raise one point of concern: compared with men in the general population, NFL players had higher rates of hypertension, a key risk factor for heart disease and stroke. That's no surprise; the bigger you are, the more likely your blood pressure will nudge higher, say researchers. But Tucker says the findings "really open our eyes to how important it is to monitor blood pressure," along with other factors that may contribute to cardiovascular health such as strength and resistance training, the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and salt intake. Going forward, says Tucker, those behaviors...