Why does a ball go farther when hit with an aluminum bat?
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answer lies in the newton's laws of motion and properties of the sufaces.\n\nsee the ball hits the bat and there is a change of the momentum of the ball by mv + mv1 where m is mass and v is the initial velocity, v1 final velocity of the ball. this much divided by the time is the force supplied to the ball. \n\naluminium has two advantages\n1. now with a aluminium bat the energy utilized in the process will be very low. and the v1 will be quite large. so the momemtum increases hence the force. \n\n2. there is no compression of the bat as compared to the wood so the time of contact with the bat will be very less.\nso the force increases.\n\nand as the force applied to ball is high ball goes further.
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The purpose of corking a wooden bat is to remove weight without changing the bat's size.  Since an aluminum bat is hollow, putting cork in it would actually add weight - in effect, doing exactly the opposite of what corking is supposed to accomplish.
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There is no real answer to this, but I'll give it a shot.\n\nFirst, practice - a lot!  When you do, work on keeping your weight on your back foot, transfering that weight forward with a minimal amount of stride.  Keep your hands back (ie don't lead the swing with your hands), start the swing from the bottom up.  What I mean here is transfer the weight from the back foot to the front, rotate the hips sligtly, then bring the bat through the strike zone with a short, compact swing (with a slight upper cut - do not exaggerate this), your head will be the last thing to pull through, allowing you to watch the ball hit the bat.\n\nThe key to slugging, isn't necessarily how big you are - though, increasing your size in a healthy way would be beneficial.  It's more about having a quick bat through the strike zone - the faster the bat, the harder you will hit the ball.  This does not equate to taking a HUGE swing - it's just not needed.\n\nFinally, get yourself playing on a field that has dimensions that are favourable to you.  If you are a lefty, a short right field porch is beneficial, and conversely, a righty will want a short porch in left.\n\nThat's it.  Simple right?  No, but hopefully this is helpful.
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They make aluminum softball bats for a reason, I like them a lot better than, say wooden bats.  I totally suggest the D'Martini....or an Easton if you don't have a lot of dough.  I've been playing for 8 years and have only dented a bat when I threw it on my way to 1st....
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If you are talking about softball, the easton cyclone is a very good bat. mine is 32 inches 23 oz. and hits the ball a ton.
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well as they said, the ball falls faster  than the feather, not becuase its heavier, not that gravity is more on it. its because of the simple reason, air risistence. in vacum, where there is no air , itll take the same time for both to reach ground.
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make sure the fence is quite low, and stand next to it so when you swing your bat it connects with the baseball "over" the fence....every time..
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Those are probably the fungo circles.  When teams are taking their fielding practice, coaches hit fly balls to outfielders using a fungo bat.  By dedicating a dirt patch for that, it helps prevent wear and tear on the grass.
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There are several reasons why someone would pull the ball or hit to the opposite field. If a hitter hits to the opposite field, it could be that his timing was off and he was late on the pitch or if the pitch was outside you would get more power by hitting to the opposite field. That is what they mean when they say go with the pitch. \nIf your early on the pitch you will pull it, or if the pitch is inside you will turn on it and take it to the pull field. If someone is injured in the hips or knee's and has a hard time turning their hips or knee's they wont be able to turn on a ball and pull it as well as just to take it to the opposite field and swing with more arms than body.
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I am a pitcher.  You want your arm to be really high above your head.  That is a good thing!!  Also make sure that when you release you close your hand because it gives you about 3 mph faster.  TRY IT!!
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In its most basic form, the softer the surface, the more energy is absorbed. The kinetic energy of the ball bouncing is used in the elastic collision between the ball and the surface it is boucing on, resulting in increasingly smaller bounces.
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As the ball hits the ground, its momentum causes its elastic body to compress itself against the ground until enough force had been applied through enough distance to cancel the momentum of the ball and bring it to a stop.  At the instant the ball comes to a stop, it has energy stored in it due to the compression of its body against the ground.  This compressive energy is then released in pressing against the ground, causing the ball to accelerate upward.
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It is about the laws of motion and the physics of a collision.  The collision here is the the golf iron colliding with the golf ball - the iron of course transfering enough energy to the golf ball to send it winging through the air. It is also about efficiency.  The heavy mass at the end of long thin pole allows a faster swing, thus increasing the opportunity to impart momentum to the golf ball.  Newton's three laws explain all this. See below.\n\nFor the second piece of effiency one must understand elastic collisions transfer energy better than inelastic collisions.  To make the collision between iron and ball more elastic, the ball is built with a spongy center and flexible shell.  Thus when the iron hits the ball it momentary deforms so as to mimic an elastic collision and thus capture more of the iron's energy.
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Depends what you want from your throw. \nIf you the ball to go high, you throw with a larger Vy than Vx, but if you want it to go further horizontally you need to throw with a larger Vx than Vy.\nHope that helps
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Yes.  It's too dangerous to the pitcher.  The bats increase the speed of balls to well over 120 mph.  More than one pitcher has been seriously injured from this.
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Dimpled balls travel further.
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I think you have left off part of the question. The speed of a ball is a vector. When you hit the ball, the vector points upward and forward. Gravity pulls the vector downward. Small forces (air friction, etc.) retard the total speed, but assume those can be ignored.\n\nAt some point, the pull of gravity will pull the vector to point down instead of up. That's the maximum height. The horizontal component of the speed vector should not change (given our assumptions). It still goes forward at the initial velocity. However, The vertical component is instantaenously at zero. In a moment, the ball will start to accelerate vertically and the vector will continue to pull down below the horizontal line becuase of the force of gravity.\n\nIf this were not true, the ball would reach maximum height and then just drop from the sky (0 overall velocity) which you know it does not do.\n\nSo of your choices, probably equal to initial or ever so slightly les than initial would be the best.\n\nThe same thing happens if you drop, say, a ball from 10 feet and fire a bullet from a height of 10 feet. The both hit the ground at the same time.The fact that the bullet is speeding horizontally doesn't affect gravity pulling on it vertically. (yeah small effects like curvature of the Earth, wind resistance, etc. being ignored).