Does any one have info on the theory of mapping a tennis court in rectangles A-P?
For tennis. A thesis was written about this at VTech.
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Do any of you know who Don Johnson is(the tennis player)?
not sure what you are referring to in "A-P"most sports use rectangles for lines/rules demarkation purposes.
can't think of too many ball involved sports not using rectangles. golf, baseball?
sumo (circle), boxing (square), and racing (ellipse) but those don't use balls.
a rectangle shaped court/field is optimal for sports with end goals longitudinally (soccer, american football, hockey, basketball)
in net sports where ball travels longitudinal to court (volleyball, tennis) rectangle provides sufficient distance for ball to clear net and fall back on otherside (considering gravity, velocity, aerodynamics, spin, ball bounce and interaction with surface etc.)
conforming to exact regulation size of court is more crucial in tennis than almost any other sports.
have you seen anyone play the game in non-traditional size courts (even for fun)?
basketball, soccer, american football, even volleyball; you can draw lines in the sand/court and play, but not tennis.
laws of physics apply heavily and altering lines/height of net (even by < 0.5meter) would greatly affect game.
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