[b]Paul Zarda[/b], a tennis enthusiast is the inventor of the Zarda-Top-Spin-Racquet that provides additional top-spin to a ball (and under-spin if the ball is appropriately struck) by using a different design compared to the spaghetti racquet and to other racquets on the market. This additional spin is significantly greater (30-40% or more) than that of conventional rackets based on the specifics of the design.

One unique objective of the Z-TSR is an inner frame which contains strings under tension or another material intended to make contact with the ball. The inner frame is connected to the outer frame using an isolation system which allows movement of the inner frame relative to the outer frame upon impact of the ball on the outer frame. The relationship between the inner frame, outer frame and isolation system is “tuned’ in stiffness so that when the ball rebounds, during ball impact, it causes the ball to have additional spin.

[b]About Paul Zarda[/b]

[b]Paul Zarda[/b] is the Manager at Engineering Methods Group and Member of the Technical Staff, at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, and he is assigned to Research and Technology in Technical Operations. He is also Program Manager of the Web-based Design Environment contract with the Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). Besides this, he is also working as the Program Manager of the Supersonic Hypersonic Vehicle Design contract with WPAFB. Dr. Zarda is also an Adjunct Professor at UCF, where he holds the title of Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University in 1974 (he was class salutatorian in 1971 at Columbia with a 3.91/4.00 GPA). He was an Assistant Professor in Engineering Science at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. from 1974 through 1976. He is also the inventor of a tennis racquet - “Zarda-Top-Spin-Racquet”.