Bat speed, trajectory, and timing for collegiate baseball batters hitting a stationary ball

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Tabuchi, Noriyuki ^a   Matsuo, Tomoyuki ^a   Hashizume, Ken ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ball mass; Baseball; Batting; Dry swing; Impact point

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34447565171     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140601058409     Document Type: Article

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