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For office use only T1 ________________ T2 ________________ T3 ________________ T4 ________________ Team Control Number8008 ? Problem ChosenA For office use only F1 ________________ F2 ________________ F3 ________________ F4 ________________ Summary The chosen of ball-point have directly influence on the output velocity of balls and the reaction forces on the hand of batters .A good ball-point is the place on the bat barrel where the contact between bat and ball results in the best hit - the ball leaves the bat with the greatest speed and the players hands feel very little vibration from the impact. In this paper, my project uses a Physics knowledge, MATLAB as well as Simulation Technology software to determine where a baseball bat hitting a baseball would result in the least vibration, a single “sweet spot” or a larger “sweet zone”. As for the first problem, in order to develop a model to explain why the sweet spot isn’t at the end of the bat, we utilize three equations: conservation of linear momentum, conservation of angular momentum, and the definition of coefficient of restitution, and consider a special circumstance that there is no energy loss during the collision between the bat and ball. Then by simplification, we can derive the model about the location of sweet spot, and we will verify the rationality of this model by MATLAB Simulation Technology. Then for the second one, by ameliorating the model developed above, it requires us to judge whether “corking” a bat can enhance the “sweet spot” effect. On the base of the model above, we take recoil factor of the bat, COR, BPF and relations between them into consideration. Then we obtain a new model which reflects the affect to the “sweet spot” by “corking” a bat..We will confirm that the model is reasonable by qualitative analysis, and we will come to conclusion that “corking” a bat can enhance the “sweet spot” effect. As to the third problem, our task is to answer the question