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American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 3(22), p. 531-543, 1996

DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.3.531

American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 3(22), p. 531-543

DOI: 10.1037//0096-1523.22.3.531

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Do Fielders Know Where to Go to Catch the Ball or only How to Get There?

Journal article published in 1996 by Peter McLeod, Zoltan Dienes ORCID
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Skilled fielders were filmed as they ran backward or forward to catch balls projected toward them from a bowling machine 45 m away. They ran at a speed that kept the acceleration of the tangent of the angle of elevation of gaze to the ball at 0. This algorithm does not tell fielders where or when the ball will land, but it ensures that they run through the place where the ball drops to catch height at the precise moment that the ball arrives there. The algorithm leads to interception of the ball irrespective of the effect of wind resistance on the trajectory of the ball. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)