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Paper Topic: Physics of Baseball Driving Question: How can understanding the Physics of Baseball improve performance? Thesis: Experienced baseball players and coaches use the physics present in pitching and hitting to help them improve how they play.

Interesting Facts/Conclusions Understanding physics in baseball CAN improve performance, as long as the knowledge is applied Pitchers can especially benefit from understanding the physics of baseball

Product Created a wikispace: Mentored by Coach Barr Completed most of product during class, but also had to put a lot of hours in outside of class

Connection Between Paper and Product Website page is focused on the physics of baseball and has visual examples of physics in baseball. Paper is focused on the physics of baseball and goes into depth on some of the different concepts of physics in baseball: Magnus Force, Air Resistance, Sequential Summation of Movement

Successes of Project Paper was fairly easy to do finishing touches on in Junior year Learned a lot about the physics in baseball and gained an understanding of how physics affects the game Learned how to create a wikispace Worked well with my mentor (Coach Barr)

Challenges of Project Hard to stay on track Lots of guidelines to follow and deadlines to meet Sometimes hard to remember to document all the time I spent on my product

Future Applications My career pathway right now is Engineering, more specifically, Mechanical Engineering so physics is important to understand for Mechanical Engineers

Advice for Others Don’t procrastinate Pick a topic you love