title: Unforced errors and error reduction in tennis.
abstract: Only at the highest level of tennis is the number of winners comparable to the number of unforced errors. As the average player loses many more points due to unforced errors than due to winners by an opponent, if the rate of unforced errors can be reduced, it should lead to an increase in points won. This article shows how players can improve their game by understanding and applying the laws of physics to reduce the number of unforced errors.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. brody@physics.upenn.edu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001827:Body Height; D006801:Humans; D009038:Motion; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D012107:Research Design; D019876:Sports Equipment; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013715:Tennis