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why does a

football has generally a perfect pitch to a receiver as opposed to.. say... a baseball?

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Are you asking why does a football throw need to be more accurate than a baseball pitch?

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hmm.. appears you have no idea what im suggesting..
take the time
rethink the question
please do

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NacthoMan wrote:
hmm.. appears you have no idea what im suggesting..
take the time
rethink the question
please do

I definitely don't, i'll let larger minds take over from here.

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Are you asking why a football generally takes a predictable parabolic arc, whereas baseballs have different kinds of throws (such as curveball)?
Physically, the main reason is aerodynamics. The way an object's shape catches the wind affects its trajectory a great deal - compare a aircraft's wing and a rock. I'm an expert in neither sports nor said field, but my guess is the football's symmetric elongated shape, thrown correctly, forces the wind in a spinning rotation which preserves its direction (swaying to one side is corrected by an opposite force).
Moreover, baseballs are intended to be thrown in a tricky manner so as to disqualify the opposing team, thus a skilled player finds ways to do that, whereas footballs are intended to be caught as easily as possible.

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Lano wrote:

NacthoMan wrote:
hmm.. appears you have no idea what im suggesting..
take the time
rethink the question
please do

I definitely don't, i'll let larger minds take over from here.

LMAO

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Bullets are pointed like footballs instead of being round because that shape is more aerodynamic. Oh okay that's what anon said... in fact he did an excellent job of answering the question.

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DocteurRalph wrote:
Bullets are pointed like footballs instead of being round because that shape is more aerodynamic. Oh okay that's what anon said... in fact he did an excellent job of answering the question.

agreed

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DocteurRalph wrote:
Bullets are pointed like footballs instead of being round because that shape is more aerodynamic. Oh okay that's what anon said... in fact he did an excellent job of answering the question.

Ah, it makes sense.. Here in UK footballs are round, lol.

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Cregyn wrote:

DocteurRalph wrote:
Bullets are pointed like footballs instead of being round because that shape is more aerodynamic. Oh okay that's what anon said... in fact he did an excellent job of answering the question.

Ah, it makes sense.. Here in UK footballs are round, lol.

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golly, the whole time.. in my thoughts it was actually a fat bannana thrown between brutes

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