![]() | Project title | Tennis racquet grip and fatigue![]() ![]() |
Difficulty Level | High school | |
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Description | ||
This science fair project was performed to study the effect of failing to grip a tennis racquet properly while serving tennis balls. The science project experiment involved evaluating the standard/typical continental grip and an unconventional grip. | ||
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1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is the type of grip used to hold the tennis racquet – continental or unconventional. The dependent variable is the amount of muscle fatigue experienced by the participants. This was determined with the ruler drop test. The constants (control variables) are the number of serves that were executed, the grip style and the weight of the racquet. 2. The muscle reflexes of the 12 participants is tested using the ruler drop test. The participants were made to open their index finger and thumbs in a V-shape horizontally. The 1 meter ..... |