Digital-Twin of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Specified Energy Rebound Testing Device: Kinetic-Energy Absorption by a Basketball Rim and Backboard Modeled with ANSYS Workbench Finite Element Analysis

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article shows a good structure and coherence. Also, the topic is very interesting and relevant for the scientifc community. I would like to congrats the author and enhance to increase the knowledge related to the study of the use of devices to analyse the vibrations into the rim and backboard and how it can influences the throw succesfull. 

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article has scientific merit but needs some revisions in order to enhance the quality, readability, and meet the standard of the journal. 

Authors are advised to revise the abstract, which should have a clear preamble, knowledge gap, research objective(s), method (not more than two sentences), major findings, and implications. 

Section 1 (Introduction): This section needs expansion with a contemporary literature review, identification of the knowledge gap, and clearly stating the research objective(s) and its rationale. 

Section 6, line 235, it should be read as "In Tables 4-5,..."

Line 237, check English for the sentence. Should the sentence be written as "... analyses the beginning or start at 1 ms..."?

Section 7 (Conclusions). State clearly what the major findings of this study are and what the industrial and/or practical implications of the findings are. Also, state the limitation(s) of the study.

 

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

In the introduction, it is necessary to specifically describe the issue itself. It is also important to highlight the shortcomings of previous research and emphasize how this study differs from others.

Conclusion need to be extended, with a clear emphasis on the shortcomings of previous research and future directions.

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The revised manuscript is an improved version of the original submission.