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Article

Biomechanical Comparison between Down-the-Line and Cross-Court Topspin Backhand in Competitive Table Tennis

by
Kaige Xing
1,
Lanping Hang
1,
Zijun Lu
2,
Chuangui Mao
2,
Dong Kang
1,
Chen Yang
3,* and
Yuliang Sun
2,*
1
Department of Physical Education, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
2
Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
3
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, Canada
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(9), 5146; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095146
Submission received: 2 March 2022 / Revised: 18 April 2022 / Accepted: 20 April 2022 / Published: 23 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Sport and Health)
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the kinematic and kinetic differences of the racket arm when balls were hit cross-court (CC) and down the line (DL) by topspin backhand. Eight elite female players participated and were instructed to hit the ball down the line and cross-court using a topspin backhand. Kinematic and kinetic data were collected. The results show that at the impact, participants had a greater wrist flexion angle in DL than CC (p = 0.017). The angular velocity of shoulder flexion (p = 0.038), shoulder abduction (p = 0.006) and thorax–pelvis internal rotation (p = 0.017) was faster when participants impacted the ball DL than CC. As for the joint kinetics, the shoulder external rotation moment was greater in CC than DL (p = 0.043). For a high-quality DL technique, it is important to exhibit a greater wrist flexion and have faster adduction and flexion in the shoulder, as well as faster internal rotation in thorax–pelvis, while having a smaller wrist flexion and more external rotation power in the shoulder are important to perform a CC at the impact. If these key and different factors of hitting CC and DL are ignored, it may lead to failure to complete a high-quality shot.
Keywords: table tennis; backhand; topspin; kinematics and kinetics; down-the-line and cross-court table tennis; backhand; topspin; kinematics and kinetics; down-the-line and cross-court

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Xing, K.; Hang, L.; Lu, Z.; Mao, C.; Kang, D.; Yang, C.; Sun, Y. Biomechanical Comparison between Down-the-Line and Cross-Court Topspin Backhand in Competitive Table Tennis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095146

AMA Style

Xing K, Hang L, Lu Z, Mao C, Kang D, Yang C, Sun Y. Biomechanical Comparison between Down-the-Line and Cross-Court Topspin Backhand in Competitive Table Tennis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(9):5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095146

Chicago/Turabian Style

Xing, Kaige, Lanping Hang, Zijun Lu, Chuangui Mao, Dong Kang, Chen Yang, and Yuliang Sun. 2022. "Biomechanical Comparison between Down-the-Line and Cross-Court Topspin Backhand in Competitive Table Tennis" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 9: 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095146

APA Style

Xing, K., Hang, L., Lu, Z., Mao, C., Kang, D., Yang, C., & Sun, Y. (2022). Biomechanical Comparison between Down-the-Line and Cross-Court Topspin Backhand in Competitive Table Tennis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095146

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