21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color

Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman
have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters
about the brief experiment with orange ones?


 


Articles/links:


http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test


Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball
players


Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and
non-players


Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill


Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task


The role of the baseball seam pattern in pitch recognition


 


More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


50 Foot Wave – Hot Pink, Distorted


Monk Turner – (Yellow)


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy


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