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Orinda, California
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High School Baseball Web
North Coast Section
Contra Costa Times Prep Sports
California Baseball Coaches Association
Exploratorium
Fastball Reaction Time imitates a 90-mph fastball thrown by a major league pitcher. While this exhibit doesn't test if you could actually hit a fastball, it does test whether you could react in time to hit one. When you see the "swing batter" screen, a signal in your eye sends a message to a part of your brain that controls your muscles. Your brain must then send a signal to your muscles, telling them to click. Although it takes some time for the signal to travel along each nerve, the major delay in your reaction time occurs at the junction points in between the different nerves involved, and between the nerves and the muscles at your fingers.
Biological Baseball
Exactly how humans are able to estimate the expected position of a quickly moving ball is unknown. Obviously, this remarkable skill is learned through long practice. Eye-brain-body coordination is acquired only by going through the motions over and over; even so, the batter misses most of the time. Getting a hit three times out of ten at bat is considered an excellent average. It's interesting that George Schaller and other ethologists have observed that lions and cheetahs are also successful only about a third of the time in capturing their prey.
Miramonte Football
Miramonte High School
The official school web site, Check the Daily Bulletin page for daily postings of interest to students & parents.
Miramonte Parents' Club
School calendar, class updates, parenting tips, & much more.
eScrip
Support Miramonte & register for eScrip online today. Miramonte's id is 136588741.
This Day in Baseball History
John Skilton's Baseball Links
Pitching.com
Conditioning routines for high school pitchers, creatine use by high school pitchers, & much more....
The Baseball Scorecard
If you're interested in learning to score a baseball game, this is a good place to start. Within this site, you will find a "Keeping Score" tutorial, a glossary, links to other scoring resources on the web, and a discussion area. Be sure to check out the discussion area. It's a great way to get answers about tricky scoring questions.
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