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Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment
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Patryk Nalepka
This Tracker video experiment measures the effect of rotation on the ball's trajectory after bouncing off a backboard. It was submitted by a Krakow, Poland, high school student.
A trz file is a zip file that contains the video and Tracker data. It can be opened using Tracker. It can also be opened with standard zip tools to extract analysis pdf and the video clip. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java. 
Basketball Without Spin TRZBasketball throw without spin Tracker experiment. download 879kb .trz Last Modified: April 27, 2023 previous versions 
3 supplemental documents are available
Basketball Throw AnalysisExperimental analysis of basketball throw with and without spin. download 370kb .pdf Last Modified: April 23, 2019 
Basketball Without Spin VideoVideo clip used in Tracker experiment. download 496kb .mp4 Last Modified: April 20, 2023
Basketball With Spin VideoVideo clip used in Tracker expiment. download 465kb .mp4 Last Modified: April 20, 2023
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15019">Nalepka, Patryk. "Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment." Version 1.0.</a>
AIP Format
P. Nalepka, Computer Program EFFECT OF SPIN ON A BASKETBALL BOUNCE TRACKER EXPERIMENT, Version 1.0 (2019), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15019&DocID=5054).
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P. Nalepka, Computer Program EFFECT OF SPIN ON A BASKETBALL BOUNCE TRACKER EXPERIMENT, Version 1.0 (2019), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15019&DocID=5054>.
APA Format
Nalepka, P. (2019). Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved July 10, 2026, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15019&DocID=5054
Chicago Format
Nalepka, Patryk. "Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15019&DocID=5054 (accessed 10 July 2026).
MLA Format
Nalepka, Patryk. Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2019. Java 1.5. 10 July 2026 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15019&DocID=5054>.
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@misc{
Author = "Patryk Nalepka",
Title = {Effect of Spin on a Basketball Bounce Tracker Experiment},
Month = {April},
Year = {2019}
}
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