Force and Motion in Baseball

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Force and Motion in Baseball
Arden Jansen
 Baseball has been using up in coming technology to track the performance of every player. It is not just a traditional timing gun but instead tracks the balls route. Instead of the fans being the only ones to watch the game, the virtual camera tracks it too. This is not just a tremendous help in improving the pitcher’s skills but instead the batters. Interesting enough, there is tons of science behind the game itself. 
Physics is a large component of the sport baseball. The definition of physics is the study of energy and objects in motion. Computer programs have the ability to capture the data and analyze the pitch. When critiquing the batter, they can see what type of pitch made the ball travel farther than another. These factors differentiate the players with facts instead of opinions. Even with the data there are still questions such as, how did that hit go so far? 
These questions often go back to Newton’s three laws of motion. His first law is, an object will stay in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force. In baseball terms, it means that a baseball will stay put unless the pitcher propels it. The baseball will keep moving unless external forces such as friction or gravity (bat) acts on the ball. Drag also acts as one of the external forces. Drag is friction in the air pushing against the ball. Newtons three laws are involved in the game in one way or another. 
There will definitely be ways that they will answer these questions in the future. I have a strong feeling that they will go back to Newton’s three laws of motion. I say this because they give the main fundamentals in physics. Baseball is strongly associated with physics because of all of its traits and attributes. Although collisions are another main part of this sport, it can be classified with his third law of motion. In conclusion, in one way or another, to find the answers to the complex questions, it all relates back to Newton’s three laws of motion. 

When a bat hits the ball, it can briefly deform the ball. Some of this energy that went into squeezing the ball will also be released to the air as heat. Credit: UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center


https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/baseball-pitch-hits 
https://newsela.com/read/lib-nasa-forces-baseball/id/22501/ 

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