Hitting the Ball
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: Sports
- Produced By: Classroom Video
- Year: 2002
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Running Time: 25m
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What does it take to hit the ball? What are the biomechanics of hitting the ball better? What do sports like tennis and cricket have in common? Covered in this video are sports ranging from Baseball, Golf, Cricket, Softball, Tennis, Squash and Table Tennis. Explained in this video are the biomechanical ingredients for hitting the ball. Topics include stance and footwork; eye-hand coordination; form and weight transfer; strength and power generation; timing and anticipation; flight of the ball, bounce and spin; spinning the ball; backhands; physics of the 'sweet spot'. Featuring some of the top junior athletes in sports such as tennis, cricket and squash.