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Europhysics News
Volume 47, Number 3, May-June 2016
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| Page(s) | 13 - 16 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2016301 | |
| Published online | 13 June 2016 | |
Physics of ball sports
1
Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
2
École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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.
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2016
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