- Prof. Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
- Fellow, American Physical Society Science
- Science Advisor, U.S. Professional Tennis Registry
- Technical Advisor, United States Racquet Stringers Association
- Member, Sport Science Committee, U.S. Tennis Association
- Member, Technical Committee, U.S. Tennis Association
- Member, Technical Advisory Panel, Tennis Magazine
- Member, Technical Commission International Tennis Federation
Education
Ph.D. CalTech (1959)
M.S. CalTech (1956)
B.S. MIT (1954)
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Books
- Science Made Practical for the Tennis Teacher, United States Professional Tennis Registry, Jan. 1986; many chapters translated and published in Japanese Tennis Journal 1988.
- Tennis Science for the Tennis Player, University of Pennsylvania Press, Apr., 1987.
Commercial Videos - The Science and Technology of Tennis with Rod Cross and Crawford Lindsey
Chapters of Books Written
- Le corde e la cordatura Introduction to the book
- LA RACCHETTA by Elio Bailo, Castagneto, Italy 1987
- The Biomechanics of Tennis Elbow: An Integrated Approach
- with Roetert, Dillman, Groppel, and Schultheis. chapter of Clinics in Sports Medicine (book), Vol 14, no 1, Jan 1995, W.B.Saunders, Philadelphia
- Revolutionary Rackets with Stan Smith chapter of World-Class Tennis Technique
- Roetert and Groppel editors Human Kinetics, Champaign IL, 2001
- The Tennis Racket Chapter of IOC Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, edited by Per Renstrom, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford UK , 2002
- Optimizing Ball and Racket Interactions, with Paul Roetert. Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports, ed Hung and Pallis, pg 183-206
Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2004
Commercial Videos
- "The Science and Myths of Tennis", by Vic Braden and Howard Brody. released Oct. 1992