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The Science of Smooth Movement

The Science of Smooth Movement

A new paper quantifies an essential element of coordination

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Todd Hargrove
Sep 02, 2019
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“Smoothness” is widely recognized as a defining aesthetic quality of expert movement. When we see Roger Federer hit a backhand, his movement is fluid and graceful, and this tells us he is doing something very right. And just as surely, we know that tennis novices are doing somehow very wrong as they hack away at the ball with jagged strokes. The quality…

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