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A Kinematic Analysis of the Baseball Batting Swings Involved in Opposite-Field and Same-Field Hitting

The purpose of the study was to examine selected mechanical factors involved in hitting a baseball to the same and opposite fields. Special emphasis was placed on an identification of those factors which distinguish players of different hitting abilities. Twenty male college level baseball players, ten in each of two groups, hit six pitched baseballs, three each to two assigned areas of the playing field. The movement patterns for the opposite field and same field batting swings appeared to be similar in form with differences between the two swings due to (a) differences in the angular displacements at the left wrist and left elbow joints and (b) differences in the temporal characteristics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504295
Date12 1900
CreatorsPfautsch, Eric W.
ContributorsMcIntyre, Donald R., Poirot, James L., 1939-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatix, 121 leaves: ill., Text
RightsPublic, Pfautsch, Eric W., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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