Tennis Radar Gun

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Permalink Reply by fleabitten on September 3, 2008 at 5:09pm

I don't have a clue. are these things any different than the ones the cops use? i mean, isn't a radar gun just a radar gun regardless of what it is shooting?

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Permalink Reply by Coach Dudley on September 3, 2008 at 9:46pm

Hi Jeff. If you do a Google search for sports radar gun, you can find numerous ones for sale. Personally, I don't think it's worth the few $100 dollars even up to $500. May I ask why you would buy one? How fast a person serves has always been a curiousity, and adds to bragging rights, but if you can't get it in the service box, hitting a fast serve doesn't really do much good. There's also been lost of sports studies as documented in the book Physics and Technology of Tennis, $20. It talks about string tension, racquet stiffness, weight and how it affects the speed of the ball. Basically it comes down to swing speed and racquet head velocity. Very interesting reading.

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Permalink Reply by Monika on September 3, 2008 at 10:06pm

Hi, Thank you for your input. I did find one. It's actually a bet between friends. ;) Of course, we only measure the speed of the balls that we serve in the box. No box, no point. Thank you for the book referral, yes, I am very familiar with the physics and technology of tennis. It is very interesting. ~Jeff

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Permalink Reply by Tough Love Tennis on October 13, 2008 at 7:35pm

We have a couple topnotch ones at our store for about 120 bucks... Email me, and I'll hook it up

-Ben of TZ

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