my last post got me thinking, about the "sweet-spot" of a bat, when hitting a ball out-of-the-park...here is how i feel this relates to my last post( "leaning tower of pizza")...
the skinny--
at the end of the bat, the speeds are highest, and the most leverage is present...or is it??...yes, the speeds are the highest there, but at the veery end of the bat, there is no weight, or mass, for the ball to react to, both equally, and oppositely--
the point--
i suggest, that this is the reason the "sweet-spot" of a bat, is not at the exact end of the bat...but lies a bit closer to the handle--
conjecture--
there are also "harmonic flex-factors" in the bat( a known topic of discussion), but the exact location of the best "flex-spot", that yields the greatest force on the ball being struck, is not...i suggest, this "sweet-spot"on the bat, could be the area that is most equal, in mass/force, to the weight/speed, of the ball being thrown, for the bat/batter to hit, and that the "sweet-spot" on the bat, is a slight distance from the end( but not at the tip)--
summary--
no numbers yet on this one( i feel they are in this blog though), the "prop", and "lateral tork" calcs, have the type of math needed to predict the ideal "sweet-spot" of a bat, from the weight of ball/bat/speed of throw, and swing...as well as the distance a ball will travel, from a hit( depending on angle)...
i may crunch this one "long-hand" in this post at a later date...
best wishes, john kruschke--
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