The study of matter in motion is the essence of both physics and sports.
Sports often involves the complex control of moving objects and interactions
between them.  Physicists believe that the laws of physics (which are often
quite simple) govern every aspect of motion everywhere in  the universe,
but what good does this do us in trying to understand  problems such as: How
does a curve ball curve? or, Why do golf balls have  dimples?  In this
course, we will study specific examples of motion found in  sports.  You
will learn to make use of tools such as graphical analysis,   qualitative
reasoning based on the laws of physics, reasoning by analogy,  dimensional
analysis, numerical estimation, computer simulation, and the use  of
published resources such as research articles and textbooks.  There are  no
science prerequisites; your mathematics education should include algebra
and trigonometry. Please see http://carini.physics.indiana.edu/E105S99  for
more information.