Bah. Everyone equates it to speed in a vehicle. Simple as that. > On Aug 4, 2021, at 16:16, [email protected] wrote: > > Quoting the speed of a tennis ball, baseball ball or cricket ball in km/h is > not very helpful. Has anyone ever seen one of these balls travel for an hour. > Using m/s makes for more sense. > > In baseball, the distance from the pitcher to the plate is 18.39 metres (or > 60'6"). If the pitcher delivers the ball at a speed of 100 mph, how long does > the batter have before the ball gets to him? If he pitches it at 44 m/s (the > exact conversion is 44.69444), it is easy to see that he batter will have > about 0.4 s (18.39/44). > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 04 August 2021 21:58 > To: USMA List Server <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1768] Olympic Tennis Metrics > > From an internet posting: "I'm a metric system enthusiast but the Olympic > baseball broadcast is displaying pitch speed in km/h, and I am grateful that > our stupid measurement system happens to work out so that "100 = A Very Fast > Pitch." > > Actually, I have seen pitch speed in km/h for Wimbledon, and, I think, the > French Open, etc. > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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