TY - JOUR
T1 - Physics of ball sports
AU - Cohen, C.
AU - Clanet, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2016.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Ball sports have been part of human history for thousands of years [1]. Nowadays, 13 of them are part of the Olympic games (badminton, basketball, beach volley, football/soccer, golf, handball, hockey, rugby, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo, ice hockey). All these games differ by launcher (hand, club, racket, bat), ball (size, shape and mass), pitch size and number of players. These differences induce different ball velocities. Apart from the velocities and the way to maximize them, we discuss in this article the ball trajectories and their impact on the size of sports fields.
AB - Ball sports have been part of human history for thousands of years [1]. Nowadays, 13 of them are part of the Olympic games (badminton, basketball, beach volley, football/soccer, golf, handball, hockey, rugby, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo, ice hockey). All these games differ by launcher (hand, club, racket, bat), ball (size, shape and mass), pitch size and number of players. These differences induce different ball velocities. Apart from the velocities and the way to maximize them, we discuss in this article the ball trajectories and their impact on the size of sports fields.
U2 - 10.1051/epn/2016301
DO - 10.1051/epn/2016301
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974777203
SN - 0531-7479
VL - 47
SP - 13
EP - 16
JO - Europhysics News
JF - Europhysics News
IS - 3
ER -