How fast can you throw?

Today we are answering that question!

Here's the process, we are going to be taking on the roles of pitchers and scouts.  The pitcher's job is to throw the ball.  The scout's job is to see how fast it goes.

Usually there is a radar gun involved, but we don't have one, so we are going to time how long the ball takes to leave the pitcher's hand and hit the object (probably a wall) by using a stopwatch.  (This would be a good use of your cell phone technology.

Let's talk about some problems here about timing and accuracy.  (This will be done in class)

Each pitcher will throw 1 to 3 times and all data will be collected by the scouts.  The fastest time will be used from each scout.  

After all data is collected we are going to enter the data into the Google sheet.  (talk about integrity of data entry in class)

Each student will get a column to enter data in for their class.

The final step will be data analysis.  I will show you some cool things we can do with the sheets and possibly compare our speeds to different levels of players who pitch.

Let's have some fun and take this seriously.

Here's the link to the data entry:

Data entry form.