Generation Mechanism of Linear and Angular Ball Velocity in Baseball Pitching

The purpose of this study was to quantify the functional roles of the whole-body’s joint torques including fingers’ joints in the generation of ball speed and spin during baseball fast-ball pitching motion. The dynamic contributions of joint torque term, gravitational term, and motion-dependent term...

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Main Authors: Sekiya Koike, Hiroki Uzawa, Daisaku Hirayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Proceedings
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/6/206