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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957600003321

Autore

White Colin

Titolo

Projectile dynamics in sport : principles and applications / / olin White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2011

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-134-02761-3

0-415-83314-0

1-134-02762-1

1-282-88286-4

9786612882869

0-203-88557-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

612.7/6

Soggetti

Sports sciences

Human mechanics

Biomechanics

Athletics - Equipment and supplies

Sporting goods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Excel models; Acknowledgements; Symbols; Part I: The theory; Chapter 1: Sports projectile modelling: Why, how and ... so what!; Chapter 2: Launching projectiles into motion; Chapter 3: Motion of projectiles under the influence of gravity; Chapter 4: Impact and bounce; Chapter 5: Drag and lift; Chapter 6: The effects of spin; Part II: Practical applications; Chapter 7: Shot put and hammer; Chapter 8: Discus; Chapter 9: Javelin; Chapter 10: Golf; Chapter 11: Tennis and squash; Chapter 12: Cricket and baseball

Chapter 13: Soccer (Association Football)Chapter 14: Rugby and American football; Chapter 15: Some assorted sporting projectiles; Appendix 1: Table of physical values and drag-to-weight ratio for a variety of sporting projectiles; Appendix 2: The fourth-order Runge-



Kutta method; Bibliography; Selected answers; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How can we predict the trajectory of a baseball from bat to outfield?How do the dimples in a golf ball influence its flight from tee to pin? What forces determine the path of a soccer ball steered over a defensive wall by an elite player? An understanding of the physical processes involved in throwing, hitting, firing and releasing sporting projectiles is essential for a full understanding of the science that underpins sport. This is the first book to comprehensively examine those processes and to explain the factors governing the trajectories of sporting