21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color

Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters about the brief experiment with orange ones?

Articles/links:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test

Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball players

Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and non-players

Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill

Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task

The role of the baseball seam pattern in pitch recognition

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

50 Foot Wave – Hot Pink, Distorted

Monk Turner – (Yellow)

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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