Research Article

Using Wearable Inertial Sensors to Estimate Kinematic Parameters and Variability in the Table Tennis Topspin Forehand Stroke

Table 3

Variability (CV in %) of time duration of particular phases during topspin forehand in particular players (1-7).

PlayerTopspin forehand
Ph1Ph2Ph3Ph4TT

131.610.021.4107.82.3
222.136.83.165.91.1
325.336.01.679.95.0
421.613.85.264.40.8
515.915.52.863.70.9
622.230.88.965.26.3
728.49.26.780.16.7

Ph1: Backswing; Ph2: Hitting; Ph3: Followthrough; Ph4; Back to Ready position; TT: total time of the cycle; Average variability. Small variability. Not marked CV: high and very high variability.