Last night Major League Baseball held its annual home run derby exhibition. The derby was won by “Big Papi” David Ortiz. During last night’s broadcast of the event ESPN aired a short segment called Sport Science: The Home Run Derby. The segment explains the roles of the hitter’s swing angle, the hitter’s bat speed, and the speed of the pitched ball in determining how far a batted ball will travel in the air. The video of the segment is embedded below.

Applications for Education
Sport Science: The Home Run Derby could be a good way to get students who are interested in sports interested in a mathematics and physics lesson.

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