Bruce Elliott is a leading figure in the history of quantitative bio mechanical research. He has published over 130 articles, including many of the earliest and most important quantitative studies in tennis. He was a major contributor to World-Class Tennis Technique, and to the recent ITF book Biomechanics of Advanced Tennis. As a player and coach, his focus is on integrating research into coaching and teaching. A professor in biomechanics at the University of Western Australia , he is a keynote speaker at major teaching conferences throughout the world.
Bruce Elliott
Biomechanics
In the first article we spent quite a bit time setting up the serve, so in part e we're going to continue with the forward motion. So what's the sequence that you'd expect to see? I said in the first...
Biomechanics
Sometimes I am asked if the purpose of my research is to show teaching pros how to teach the serve. Absolutely not! Teaching professionals can teach me how to teach the serve. What my work does do is break the...
Tennis Science
If we compare the highest service speeds of top players in men's and women's professional tennis, the speed of the female serve is on average approximately 80% that of the male serve. Milos Raonic, for example, has been recorded at...