Dynamics of the basketball shot with application to the free throw

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1303-1314

  Okubo, H ^a   Hubbard, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Dynamics; Free throw; Release conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; FORCE; GRAVITY; MODEL; MOTION; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

BASKETBALL; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751114137     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500520401     Document Type: Article

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