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Results 3 Conclusion 3
Research Paper 3-7 Annotated bibliography 8 Acknowledgement8

Hinson 1
Nick Hinson
Reisbig
Biology IA
11/16/11
Weighted Baseball
Problem: Does throwing a weighted baseball increase your arm strength while not hampering your mechanics?
Hypothesis: If the weight of the baseball is increased then the arm strength will increase but also hamper the mechanics of throwing.
Materials:
Baseball
Glove
Tape measure
Weighted baseball (10 ounces)
Stopwatch
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Procedure:
1. Warm up your arm and reach the distance of 150 feet, when you have reached that distance get the stop watch and have someone time how long it takes for you to throw the baseball to your partner. Repeat this step 100 times.
2.Add all the times up and divide by 100 then calculate the velocity using this equation V= D/T D=distance T=time.
3. Play catch with the weighted baseball from 60 feet for 100 throws for 5 days.
4. Warm up your arm and reach the distance of 150 feet, when you have reached that distance get the stop watch and have someone time how long it takes for you to throw the baseball to your partner. Repeat this step 100 times.
5.Add all the times up and divide by 100 then calculate the velocity using this equation V= D/T D=distance T=time.
Data:
Day 1: Distance 150ft. average velocity 96.774 Date:12/26/11
Day 2: Distance 150ft. average velocity 100.671 Date: 12/28/11
Day 3: Distance 150ft. average velocity 102.739 Date:12/31/11
Day 4: Distance 150ft. average velocity 106.382 Date: 1/3/12
Day 5: Distance 150ft. average velocity 107.913 Date: 1/4/12

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Results:
| Velocity | Arm Angle | Distance | Day 1 | 96.774 | 92° | 150 ft. | Day 2 | 100.671 | 92° | 150 ft. | Day 3 | 102.739 | 93° | 150 ft. | Day 4 | 106.382 | 93° | 150 ft. | Day 5 |



Cited: Click, James, and Jonah Keri. Baseball between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know about the Game Is Wrong. New York: Basic, 2006. Print. Gives you a breakdown of how the game is changing and how it is becoming more competitive. Ellis, Steven "How to Buy A Baseball - Dick 's Sporting Goods." Dick 's Sporting Goods - Every Season Starts At Dick 's - Official Site. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. <http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/info/index.jsp?categoryId=388858#E> "Mass of a Baseball." Hypertextbook.com. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. <http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChristinaLee.shtml>. Shows the weight of a normal baseball. Simon and Schuster Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep Center. Web. 08 Nov. 2011.<http:// regentsprep.org>.This gave me what Coulombs law of Force is.

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