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Engineering students score a slam dunk (Video)
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with ...
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Mind May Be MVP on the Diamond
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2008 |
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“Hope springs eternal” in the heart of every baseball fan and nothing trumps the feeling of emerging from the turnstile to absorb the comforting vision of fresh grass, manicured infield dirt and crisp white foul lines. The ...
Analysis of windmill pitching shows risk of injury to biceps in softball players
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Contrary to common belief, softball pitching subjects the biceps to high forces and torques when the player's arm swings around to release the ball, according to an analysis of muscle firing patterns conducted at Rush University ...
Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Look out Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka. A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been developed in Japan.
Applying Newton's Laws of Motion to Baseball Pitching
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion.
National study finds youth baseball-related injuries down 25 percent
May 26, 2009 |
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Spring marks baseball season for more than 19 million children and adolescents who play each year as part of a team or in backyards throughout the United States. The good news for these players is that the number of injuries ...
Study finds pitching mound height affects throwing motion, injury risk
Mar 23, 2008 |
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A study involving several Major League Baseball pitchers indicates that the height of the pitcher’s mound can affect the athlete’s throwing arm motion, which may lead to potential injuries because of stress on the shoulder ...
Study suggests preseason shoulder strength may determine injury severity for baseball pitchers
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Athletic injuries can derail any player's ability to compete, but for a baseball pitcher his shoulder strength and control is critical. A new study to be presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's ...
How pitching changes little leaguers' shoulders
Oct 04, 2007 |
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At this year's Little League World Series, new rules for the first time forced players to limit the number of times pitchers could throw the ball, and coaches had to strategize how pitchers were used more carefully.
Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics
May 19, 2009 |
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Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sinatra and Hendrix -- these and many other of the world's most famous musicians have had "perfect" or "absolute" pitch. The ability, defined as recognizing the pitch of a musical note ...
Yahoo, NFL players union settle lawsuit
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over use of players' statistics, photos and other data in Yahoo's popular online fantasy football game, but details were not immediately available ...
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