A tennis ball's spin barely decreases during flight, and actually increases when the ball hits the court. "Looking at slow-motion video, you can see that the friction of the court grabs the bottom of the ball, while the top continues to rotate, adding more spin, and converting sidespin into almost pure topspin," says videographer and tennis instructor John Yandell. The average 2400-rpm spin rate Yandell has observed in Roddick's 130-mph serves doubles after the ball hits the court's surface--to a whopping 4800 rpm. This creates the "heavy ball" effect--a shot with so much movement and spin that opponents feel as though they're returning a shot put.
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