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FRA Podcast #11: The "Fundamentals" of Tennis and the impact of altitude!

Transforming Tennis, The FRA Podcast

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The Aerodynamics of High Altitude Balls

The ball is different in Colorado. The drag force on the ball is lower at this altitude. It doesn't slow down nearly as much as it slows down at low altitude. So what happens is we've had players like when I was helping coach at CU, we had a kid that was born in some of them were born and raised in Colorado. They would quit on balls that people that were trained in lower altitudes, Czech Republic, Sweden, wherever they would go for. Because you see a ball leave opponents racket up here and you know you can't get there. That's a problem. We're trying to overcome those problems with training too. And then he'll explain how that affects

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