[personal] [Husker] DeAngelis (fwd)

[Mike Jaixen]

Would that effect also cause the ball to go higher,
and thus not get spiked like Kerri Walsh in a beach
volleyball tournament?

--- Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> > Are the CFL's posts wider/narrower/same as
> college?
> > 
> > I know NFL/USFL's are narrower, which would make
> it more incredible.
> > Just curious.
> 
> It's merely a matter of celestial physics.  The
> earth's rotational speed,
> known as the coriolis vector, is slower at higher
> latitudes, therefore
> the ball has less of a tendency go left or right.


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


		
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