Were you
aware that a rising fastball does not actually rise. How can this
be! Well if you refer to the previous web page there is an
explanation of how a curve ball curves and the truth is that any ball
that is thrown, curves but the rate of acceleration is different.
For the curve ball the acceleration of the baseball toward the ground
or
to the side is increased by creating a rotation of the ball. The
so called rising fastball does the opposite of this it decreases the
acceleration rate of the baseball towards the ground by flicking the
wrist and creating a large amount of rotation in the opposite direction
of a curve ball. The front side of the ball rotates toward the
sky
creating a magnus force that acts in the opposite direction of the for
of gravity, this results in a smaller acceleration. In order for
the baseball to actually rise the magnus force would have to be greater
than that of the force of gravity and in the opposite direction of the
force of gravity. According to the experts on the following clip
of
myth
busters on TV that addressed this very issue a person would not be
able to come even close to accomplishing this task.
