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In the movie Bull Durham, frustrated manager Joe Riggins stresses to his team, This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. This simplification works well for biomechanists too, as sports can be broken down into specific physical tasks like throwing, hitting, catching, and running. There have been significant advances in understanding some actions, but not others. In the first ten years of the journal Sports Biomechanics, only 18 of 236 articles were about hitting a ball. This scarcity is startling considering that according to USA Today (May 20, 2005), three of the five hardest things to do in sports involve hitting a ball (#1: baseball batting, #4: golf tee shot, and #5: tennis serve return).

This book provides the latest biomechanical research in the under-studied field of hitting a ball. The biomechanics of baseball, cricket, hockey, hurling, softball, table tennis, and tennis are all examined. The chapters ar

The Biomechanics of Batting Swinging and Hitting

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10/14/2024
      ISBN-13 9781032927961
      978-1032927961
      ISBN-10 1032927968
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the movie Bull Durham, frustrated manager Joe Riggins stresses to his team, This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. This simplification works well for biomechanists too, as sports can be broken down into specific physical tasks like throwing, hitting, catching, and running. There have been significant advances in understanding some actions, but not others. In the first ten years of the journal Sports Biomechanics, only 18 of 236 articles were about hitting a ball. This scarcity is startling considering that according to USA Today (May 20, 2005), three of the five hardest things to do in sports involve hitting a ball (#1: baseball batting, #4: golf tee shot, and #5: tennis serve return).

      This book provides the latest biomechanical research in the under-studied field of hitting a ball. The biomechanics of baseball, cricket, hockey, hurling, softball, table tennis, and tennis are all examined. The chapters ar

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