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 via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com