The optic trajectory is not a lot of use if you want to catch the ball.

According to linear optic trajectory (LOT) theory, fielders use the direction of curvature of theoptic trajectory to control the way they run to intercept the ball. Data presented by D. M. Shaffer and M. K. McBeath (2002) as support for LOT theory show that the optic trajectory of balls that will fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McLeod, P, Reed, N, Dienes, Z
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002