[LRflex] Re: Decisive Moments
- From: Charlie Falke <chfalke@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 18:39:39 -0400
On 5/4/2010 4:19 PM, Richard Ward wrote:
> Charlie,
> I think that maybe as a 'non-ballplayer' you're letting that keep you
> from applying your engineer skills. " I don't know what else would account
> for the body of the bat leading the handle." Possibly it would be better to
> think of it this way. The handle of the bat is where the player applies the
> force to accelerate it into the ball, but the handle is also how he
> de-accelerates the bat and controls it through his follow through. When the
> Handle seperates from the rest of the bat, there is nothing to brake/control
> the forces generated in the swing thereby letting it accelerate out in front
> of the part still in his grip. Newtons Laws in 'Motion' hee hee.
> Richard in Michigan
>
>
>
Richard,
That is actually the conundrum exactly. Without a driving force,
Newton's first law says that the rest of the bat will keep going at the
same linear and angular velocity, and not accelerate.
I need to find some high video of a bat busting. :-)
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