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Title: Good story about K Wood in NYTimes today.
Post by: Astroholic on June 01, 2007, 08:18:15 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/sports/playmagazine/0603play-wood.html?ref=sports

Title: Re: Good story about K Wood in NYTimes today.
Post by: Limey on June 01, 2007, 08:42:30 am
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PITCHING A BASEBALL is, to put it mildly, a torturous and self-destructive act. Pitching is the fastest known motion in human biomechanics, the shoulder rotating at the rate of 7,200 degrees per second at its maximum, or the equivalent of 20 full revolutions per second. At the time of the ball’s release, the forces acting on the shoulder are basically equivalent to the pitcher’s body weight; they are akin to someone of similar size trying to yank his arm out of his shoulder socket. Right before release, the pitcher’s elbow straightens at a rate of 2,000 degrees per second, or the equivalent of 5.5 full revolutions per second.

Sounds like my golf swing...
Title: Re: Good story about K Wood in NYTimes today.
Post by: Phil_in_CS on June 01, 2007, 09:08:36 am
Quote from: Limey on June 01, 2007, 08:42:30 am
Sounds like my golf swing...

the torturous and self destructive, or the very fast rotation?
Title: Re: Good story about K Wood in NYTimes today.
Post by: Limey on June 01, 2007, 09:32:39 am
Quote from: Phil_in_CS on June 01, 2007, 09:08:36 am
the torturous and self destructive, or the very fast rotation?

Bingo.