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Pitching (Baseball)

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The Contribution Of Body Segments To Ball Velocity In The Overarm Throw Of Skilled Male And Female Athletes, Louisa Summers Jan 1995

The Contribution Of Body Segments To Ball Velocity In The Overarm Throw Of Skilled Male And Female Athletes, Louisa Summers

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the better predictors of ball velocity and identify differences in the overarm throw of male and female athletes. A three dimensional videographic analysis was performed to analyze the angular and linear velocities of various body segments, the time between maximum velocity of the body segment and ball release, stride length, height of release, and angle of trajectory. Eight male baseball players and six female softball players volunteered to be videotaped. A one way ANOV A with ball velocity as the dependent variable revealed a significant difference between genders (f (1, 11) = …


A Biomechanical Comparison Of The Fast Ball And Curve Ball Of College Baseball Pitchers, Michael D. Otto Jan 1984

A Biomechanical Comparison Of The Fast Ball And Curve Ball Of College Baseball Pitchers, Michael D. Otto

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to compare fast ball and curve ball pitching performances in terms of selected biomechanical components of upper limb motion in college baseball pitchers.