Analogies: Set 1

Punching versus Line Drive

Catching a baseball that is moving in an arc is reactively easy since you are able to see its direction of movement and adjust your location accordingly. In addition, you have time to adjust your location. However, when the ball is moving directly at you, as in a line drive, the ball appears to be getting larger in your field of view but it difficult to gage its direction of movement and you have very little time to move. An arcing punch is highly visible, it is easy to detect its movement, and you have time to react. A straight punch is difficult to detect since about the only detectable motion is that the fist appears to be getting larger in your view, and, you have very little time in which to react. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  [2004, June 23].