Session 5: Digitally Enhancing Technologies

Torque-to-spin Efficiency of Pitches Analysed with a Smart Baseball

Franz Konstantin Fuss, Bayreuth University
Batdelger Doljin, Swinburne University
Jeong Kwangyul, Bayreuth University
Young-Kwan Kim, Chonnam National University

8:00 AM

Measuring bat-ball impact location from acceleration

Bin Lyu, Washington State University
Lloyd Smith, Washington State University

8:15 AM

The "Sweet Spot" of a Driver by Measures of Post-impact Clubhead Rotation

Paul Lückemann, Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University
Jonathan R. Roberts, Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University
Steph Forrester, Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University
Aimée Mears, Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University
Jonathan Shepherd, PING

8:30 AM

Analysis of Golf Swings of Varying Skill Level Using Singular Value Decomposition

Kenta Matsumoto, Tokyo University of Science
Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, Doshisha Uni
Akihito Ito, Doshisha University
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Science
Masahiko Ueda, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Kosuke Okazaki, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

8:45 AM

Predicting the Flight of a Golf Ball: Comparing a Physics-Based Aerodynamic Model to a Neural Network

Spencer Ferguson, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
William McNally, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
John McPhee, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo

9:00 AM