developing a model for throwing

Each group will be comprised of a biology, mathematics and physics representative. You goal is to use the knowledge you have learned to design a model in SimNewton to imitate part of a pitcher’s throwing motion.

The three parts will be:

1. The windup: the extension of the arm such that the baseball and the motion involved.
2. The beginning of the delivery up to the release
3. The release and follow through

Each group will have to simplify the arm and use various components of the SimNewton Model to represent the muscles involved with their particular motion and how those muscles translate into the resultant motion for each part. Each group is to

a. identify the major muscles and what they do to the arm.

b. translate each muscle into specific interaction that can be identified on the simulation

c. simplify the arm into a set of objects that can be identified on the simulation

d. simplify and describe the motion in terms of words and mathematics

e. explain why that motion occurs, using biology physics and math.

In addition to building the model, you must write up a rationale explaining the model and why you designed the particular features. This explanation must go on the blog.