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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Colin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports sciences.

Human mechanics.

Biomechanics.

Athletics--Equipment and supplies.

Athletics.

Sporting goods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-02761-3

0-415-83314-0

1-134-02762-1

1-282-88286-4

9786612882869

0-203-88557-0

9780203885574

OCLC:

670411175