The secret & science of the knuckleball

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  • The secret & science of the knuckleball

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  • @donnbradley6819
    @donnbradley6819 5 лет назад +73

    That last dude can't be real. He looks like Billy Ray Cyrus' special needs brother

  • @xx-pn4io
    @xx-pn4io 5 лет назад +1

    If the unbecoming platform shoes
    can be quickly edited out, we have
    an excellent chance of taking this
    thing viral, despite the unfortunate
    pronunication of the word knuckle.

  • @skuzad25
    @skuzad25 5 лет назад

    So magic!

  • @oldschooltakingyaback
    @oldschooltakingyaback 5 лет назад

    I see Tim Wakefield, can't fool me.

  • @darrenlee323
    @darrenlee323 4 года назад

    I have somewhat an idea of turbulence now lol

  • @onzkicg
    @onzkicg 7 лет назад

    What's the background music at the beginning?

  • @MK-oy7bx
    @MK-oy7bx 5 лет назад +1

    He would be a good host for a blues clues show

  • @footballblogger8437
    @footballblogger8437 4 года назад

    I'm afraid that the professor is wrong when he says that the knuckleball isn't possible without its seams as a football and a ping pong ball can be used to produce a knuckleball despite lacking seams.

    • @Trimarkovich
      @Trimarkovich Год назад

      Definitely. The Jabulani ball from the South Africa World Cup 2010 is very smooth with so little seams, but it is very well known for its knuckleball effect

  • @Ty_N_KC
    @Ty_N_KC 5 лет назад

    Love Japans TV shows.... not what we have in the states lol

    • @Ty_N_KC
      @Ty_N_KC 5 лет назад

      @JBryan314 so you prefer what.. big brother or survivor? I'd rather learn myself.

  • @plumberphil5321
    @plumberphil5321 5 лет назад

    It should be called a finger nail ball

  • @jaspalsingh3659
    @jaspalsingh3659 4 года назад

    judge judy

  • @theb3654
    @theb3654 4 года назад

    Whats up with that dude's hair.

  • @poshko41
    @poshko41 4 года назад

    White dude at the end couldn't make it in his home country so he fled to Japan where his awkwardness was found to be... endearing???

  • @jraybay
    @jraybay 5 лет назад

    Lol 😁

  • @GIboy1990
    @GIboy1990 7 лет назад

    knuck knuck knuck knucklnucknuck

  • @franksmith7419
    @franksmith7419 5 лет назад

    SCIENCE FIGURED IT OUT? BS. SIENCE CAN ONLY EXPLAIN WHAT ALREADY EXISTS, NOTHING MORE

  • @lburrell1965
    @lburrell1965 9 лет назад +34

    The douche at the end killed it. Phil kneikro was the all time example.

  • @martinkiefer8406
    @martinkiefer8406 8 лет назад +236

    the knuckball lmao😂😂

    • @Aaron-wv1ww
      @Aaron-wv1ww 8 лет назад +2

      Ayy lmao

    • @njfgasgs6551
      @njfgasgs6551 8 лет назад +1

      Haha!

    • @Apexcasket
      @Apexcasket 6 лет назад +4

      i know right? its pronounced knaakubarru

    • @SmartDave60
      @SmartDave60 5 лет назад +1

      She’s super cute so it doesn’t matter🙂

    • @masvindu
      @masvindu 5 лет назад

      that killed me

  • @SteveSilverActor
    @SteveSilverActor 6 лет назад +86

    I lived in Japan for ten years. That awkward, annoying white dude at the end is unfortunately a pretty common type there.

    • @nunyabidness117
      @nunyabidness117 5 лет назад +8

      It almost seems like they picked the guy based on being an irritating white guy stereotype.

    • @ffffffffffffffffffffffffff6589
      @ffffffffffffffffffffffffff6589 5 лет назад +2

      shut you jew.

    • @poshko41
      @poshko41 4 года назад

      so painfully true.....

    • @unoqualunque5484
      @unoqualunque5484 3 года назад

      @@nunyabidness117 you are judging him from 2 minutes of his life, go out breathing some fresh air and don't bring social medias with you

    • @MMGJ10
      @MMGJ10 3 года назад

      @@unoqualunque5484 It's you.. You're the annoying guy aren't you?

  • @isletoflangerhans8281
    @isletoflangerhans8281 7 лет назад +41

    Next segment was on the science of the mullet.

  • @jondeberg2060
    @jondeberg2060 7 лет назад +37

    This is awesome. Not as thrilling as ESPN science; but way, WAY more informative. I love the Japanese.

    • @Ftycb
      @Ftycb 6 лет назад

      Righteous-Ice same

  • @notre3689
    @notre3689 4 года назад +5

    The dude at the end reminded of Joaquin Phoenix's version of the joker. I was waiting for him be like" you get what you deserve".( baseball through the skull). lol

  • @rogerhogarth2772
    @rogerhogarth2772 7 лет назад +20

    Right you are, Ken!

    • @genericposterofaudio6837
      @genericposterofaudio6837 5 лет назад +3

      Never thought I'd see an MXC comment, but this made my day!

    • @isaacr.8082
      @isaacr.8082 5 лет назад +1

      Definitely an awesome comment!

    • @poshko41
      @poshko41 4 года назад

      Thanks for that Babaganoosh.

  • @stewdog22
    @stewdog22 6 лет назад +28

    Called the nuck ball. Lmao

  • @marcellussims4831
    @marcellussims4831 5 лет назад +19

    Lmao..4:35, yeah, he made it very awkward, killed me with the little monster hands though... Face included.

    • @discoRyne
      @discoRyne 5 лет назад +1

      Reminded me of Jim Carrey.

  • @NILOCOgov
    @NILOCOgov 6 лет назад +10

    THAT HAIR.

  • @Publiclighthouse
    @Publiclighthouse Год назад +1

    So, the physics and reasoning of the knuckle ball is no longer elusive to me but this guy’s personality is - 4:34.

  • @shanewhitefeather6298
    @shanewhitefeather6298 6 лет назад +3

    If only ESPN did pieces of this intelligence and intrigue. What a great bit of reporting!

  • @easytherepilgrim2339
    @easytherepilgrim2339 6 лет назад +2

    The studio people are hilarious. She says the "knuck-ball". And he thinks it's held with 3 or 4 knuckles. LOL

  • @whatbrettdid
    @whatbrettdid 4 года назад +2

    Here it comes, it's gunna get ya, the claw!

  • @billbeliakoff5589
    @billbeliakoff5589 5 лет назад +1

    Is the narrator the grandson of the guy that did grade-school science movies back in the '50's and '60's?

  • @surferdude44444
    @surferdude44444 6 лет назад +16

    Great vid up to 4:35. Learned a lot. Then the gaijin came on. 😫

  • @theoriginalbarron7160
    @theoriginalbarron7160 5 лет назад +1

    Basically it’s air resistance on the ball. Kind of like a piece of paper and gown it drops from left to right. How to throw? Hold with fingertips and throw without flicking wrist.

  • @lukeweizer
    @lukeweizer 6 лет назад +3

    Whoa. Did I just accidentally get a Physics degree?

  • @resmarted
    @resmarted Год назад

    What I've noticed with knuckleballs is that while they may wobble on the way, they almost always break. I'm nothing close to a professional baseball player and really not even a good one, but I would think you could treat it similarly to other breaking balls rather than a pitch that is more about the lateral run with relative success. Just ignore the wobble. I suppose knowing which side it's going to break on is important to know though.

  • @ABCAlwaysbroadcastingCrap
    @ABCAlwaysbroadcastingCrap 5 лет назад +3

    Is that Kenny Powers stunt double?

  • @precisionwresonance
    @precisionwresonance 4 года назад +1

    do they load the ball in the exact same seam orientation into the canon to replicate movement? or just stick the ball in and fire?

  • @blacklite911
    @blacklite911 6 лет назад +1

    I’m more interested in this English language Japanese produced tv show

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 5 лет назад +1

    The narrator sounds like a caffeinated version of Ted Wasanasang from King of the Hill

  • @hockeygrrlmuse
    @hockeygrrlmuse 22 дня назад

    Everything about this video is so charming
    Edit: everything about this video *up to a point*

  • @wynton921
    @wynton921 3 года назад

    Teen Wolf at the end! “Little Monster”, she was talking about him!

  • @echochambers8418
    @echochambers8418 5 лет назад +1

    Best analogy I ever heard was..Hitting a Knuckleball is like trying to hit a Butterfly.

  • @wlsnpndrvs8593
    @wlsnpndrvs8593 2 года назад

    In short,,, you cannot throw a knuck with a tennis ball ... No seams.

  • @RichardJoeLeonn
    @RichardJoeLeonn 6 лет назад +3

    The nuck ball ???????

  • @bobham919
    @bobham919 4 года назад

    she said the nut ball. why can't they get some that can speak american to be on this?

  • @CertifiedFresh7
    @CertifiedFresh7 4 года назад

    The narrator sounds like a japanese guy trying to talk with an american accent

  • @rex_otex8746
    @rex_otex8746 3 года назад

    Its wrong tho. You can hit a knuckle ball with a complete smooth ball

  • @djfranticgu
    @djfranticgu 3 года назад

    Didnt take spin into account whatsoever, flawed as fuck

  • @slntscpe
    @slntscpe 5 лет назад +2

    Nokboh

  • @TubeScavenger
    @TubeScavenger 5 лет назад

    I was sitting here listening and not noticing the nhk logo and wondering where I've heard these voices, and then I remembered: ruclips.net/video/Z926Kky76dQ/видео.html Then I noticed the extremely obvious logo.

  • @cpfalcon51
    @cpfalcon51 4 года назад

    How was it possible Professor Zota was not literally beating away swarms of thirsty women with that pimp hat? (My guess is they were just off camera.) 0:46

  • @duud6687
    @duud6687 3 года назад

    The two yackers at the end really had no purpose in this.

  • @ghion7313
    @ghion7313 4 года назад

    But the ball doesn't rotate at all when it moves frantically as a knuckleball. on the experiment however they allow the ball to rotate and that's y the air behind it deviates

  • @user619tlsdca5
    @user619tlsdca5 5 лет назад

    Hoylt Wheilham, is one of the true Kings of the Knuckleball, met him before he passed back in 1984. Got one of his baseball autographed.. His knuckleball moved like a soccerball in air shifting angles instead of arcing or dropping. He had 3 of them types of pitches..

  • @MeximidgeComedy
    @MeximidgeComedy 5 лет назад

    Leave it to the Asians to break baseball down to a science.

  • @charlescrowell4981
    @charlescrowell4981 5 лет назад +1

    And why does the knuckle ball look so weird when it's going out of the stadium.

    • @JeanAvant
      @JeanAvant 5 лет назад

      Charles Crowell lmaooo I got this 😭😭

    • @charlescrowell4981
      @charlescrowell4981 5 лет назад

      @@JeanAvant Do you think its possible to throw a epphas knuckleball?

    • @5O4evr
      @5O4evr 5 лет назад

      Because you can't throw one

    • @charlescrowell4981
      @charlescrowell4981 5 лет назад

      @@5O4evri did see zack rinke throw a 65 mph epphas curve.

  • @cheesegyoza
    @cheesegyoza 6 лет назад +7

    I want to see a 100 mph knuckle ball!

    • @tedwunderlich2741
      @tedwunderlich2741 5 лет назад +4

      cheesegyoza that would probably look like a wiffle ball

    • @ErikLull
      @ErikLull 5 лет назад +1

      That would be wild. Lol

    • @jlopez1017d
      @jlopez1017d 5 лет назад +3

      You won’t see it lol

    • @ShootYourRadio
      @ShootYourRadio 4 года назад

      At least from a pitcher's arm.... Never happen.

  • @drivin379
    @drivin379 3 года назад

    4.50 that's not how ya throw knuckle ball

  • @counterc1ockwise170
    @counterc1ockwise170 4 года назад +1

    Corey Feldman at the end

  • @shabadoo799
    @shabadoo799 6 лет назад +2

    The white guy with mullet hair ruined a good video at the end.

  • @TheB657
    @TheB657 3 года назад

    Basically like a 'swing' in cricket. In or Out swinging deliveries

  • @dislikebutton4981
    @dislikebutton4981 6 месяцев назад

    The guy at the end is 100% Canadian

  • @the72u7h4
    @the72u7h4 6 лет назад

    Not just difficult to hit, throwing it is HARD AS SHIT

  • @Dhanes71
    @Dhanes71 4 года назад

    This video deserves more likes because it is so informative

  • @SRMkay
    @SRMkay 5 лет назад

    Is that Thane Camus? What's with the... wig, I'm hoping?

  • @enrique4335
    @enrique4335 7 лет назад +1

    k n u c k b a l l

  • @jamesanthony5681
    @jamesanthony5681 3 года назад

    Nice hair on the guy at the end.

  • @pickler_pickler
    @pickler_pickler 5 лет назад

    who the fuck hired the voice over

  • @jonwhick3073
    @jonwhick3073 3 года назад

    I am not Japanese i am American

  • @lawrencemarocco8197
    @lawrencemarocco8197 Год назад

    As shown in the video, the knuckler deceived and confused catchers as much or more than it did batters. Bob Uecker, who had to catch Phil Niekro, said the way to catch a knuckle ball was to let it stop rolling then walk back to pick it up.

  • @steventhehistorian
    @steventhehistorian 2 года назад

    This is awesome. I've never been into baseball but I never realized there was an element of fluid dynamics in it... Now I'm interested in baseball. Great analysis and lesson!

    • @resmarted
      @resmarted Год назад

      Baseball is VERY statistics intensive, more than any other sport I would say. A ton of analysis goes into it from spin rates on pitches to launch angle in batting. If you're a nerd, baseball is your sport.

  • @LunaticTheCat
    @LunaticTheCat 6 лет назад +1

    So magic

  • @chuckray3508
    @chuckray3508 10 лет назад +2

    Why is the dude at the end of this show?! put some hott asian lady on there!!

  • @jayyyyy50505
    @jayyyyy50505 4 года назад

    Wow how they put the effort for these.... I have no words

  • @bogey19018
    @bogey19018 3 года назад

    Do it without seems.

  • @jakesmith6337
    @jakesmith6337 4 года назад

    What’s with the Joe Dirt character ?🥴

  • @jeffreyadams648
    @jeffreyadams648 3 года назад

    Finger nails.

  • @umqua
    @umqua 5 лет назад

    Does that simpleton think his hair is cool?

  • @edwardrobinson4940
    @edwardrobinson4940 3 года назад

    Nice mullet...

  • @bigdogboos1
    @bigdogboos1 4 года назад

    It would "seem" that the seams have nothing to do with it since soccer balls also move crazy when struck with no spin. So there's something else going on.

    • @SamuelPearlman
      @SamuelPearlman 4 года назад

      It's not that they have "nothing" to do with it, but they aren't the main cause, correct. The lack of spin allows for the unstable motion, whether there are seams or not.

    • @jln55
      @jln55 2 года назад

      The hex-and pentagonal portions of a soccer ball can create their own turbulence, if the ball isn't spinning.

  • @taddypatty7923
    @taddypatty7923 6 лет назад

    The Ugandan knuckleball

  • @sergiorenteria3834
    @sergiorenteria3834 4 года назад

    batman hush

  • @constancemcguire6810
    @constancemcguire6810 4 года назад

    outsidexbox

  • @killyourtelevision999
    @killyourtelevision999 7 лет назад +5

    I used to throw knuckballs when I was in the minors.

    • @moonblink
      @moonblink 6 лет назад

      love em. When I was taught how to do it, I became obsessed for a little while :D

    • @yorickhunt8525
      @yorickhunt8525 6 лет назад +3

      Yea, I used to throw them too when I played for the Cubs

    • @blastfiendsunite420
      @blastfiendsunite420 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah me too but it was the majors and I was on the Yankees. Me and Jeter used to laugh about it all the time. It was great, but then my hemeroids got too inflamed and I had to retire.

  • @andrewdecker9031
    @andrewdecker9031 5 лет назад

    Knuckleballs aren't breakingballs

    • @masvindu
      @masvindu 5 лет назад

      That was my first thought, but one definition in baseball is a breaking ball is any ball thats breaks, and knuckleballs do that so.... fuck. Annoying none the less hahaha.

  •  5 лет назад

    I can throw a 98 mph knuckleball is that good?

    • @whosjoe244
      @whosjoe244 5 лет назад

      if youre throwing your knuckleball at 98 youre A doing something wrong and B are playing in the wrong places

  • @demonteddybear3510
    @demonteddybear3510 2 года назад

    Fun and educational video 😁

  • @rvvrn
    @rvvrn 5 лет назад

    pokefry rye and knuckballs

  • @nancysmith9487
    @nancysmith9487 4 года назад

    Thank yous for sharing
    Shah shah

  • @Lance-Stroll
    @Lance-Stroll 5 лет назад +2

    I didn't think Japanese ppl were allowed to make cannons

  • @hanyuanchang8252
    @hanyuanchang8252 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing 😊

  • @Mikeyyyy_L
    @Mikeyyyy_L 5 лет назад

    Nuckball??

  • @salehsherifsaleh2096
    @salehsherifsaleh2096 6 лет назад

    Nuckaball

  • @sethwalker8575
    @sethwalker8575 8 лет назад

    I can throw a knuckleball and I'm 9

    • @oz_media
      @oz_media 8 лет назад +4

      Sure you can. You better grow up fast then, there are only two major league pitchers who are regular knuckleballers, there's plenty of room for another. If you can throw major league distance, CORRECTLY, with speed and limited spin you will be in for sure. I thought I could throw one when I played A ball too.

  • @masterlup
    @masterlup 8 лет назад +3

    the shower the better.

  • @st.justinsballistica
    @st.justinsballistica 6 лет назад

    What a weird vid

  • @slayer7694
    @slayer7694 5 лет назад

    It's 330 a.m

  • @jeff-bi5is
    @jeff-bi5is 7 лет назад +2

    Cristiano Ronaldo can do it with his foot :)

    • @acog_quarks8753
      @acog_quarks8753 7 лет назад +3

      Jack Jacksonn Too bad soccer is shit

    • @jeff-bi5is
      @jeff-bi5is 7 лет назад

      you're entitled to your opinion...

    • @samvelfarmanyan4974
      @samvelfarmanyan4974 7 лет назад

      Too bad you missed out on the new lives they were selling at the mall.

    • @tacodiet2017
      @tacodiet2017 5 лет назад

      Have you ever seen CR7 kick a baseball???
      In the meantime, I will Google search “foot knuckles”.

  • @erzengel7149
    @erzengel7149 7 лет назад

    I threw a mean knuckleball when I played ball many years ago. Kids hated me because it wasn't a pitch that was around much when I played. Hahaha

  • @rogerpoyer8101
    @rogerpoyer8101 7 лет назад +3

    Another commentary on our sad country. Asian kids watching news on science of a pitch and wind effects with seams on the ball. American kids learning the science of wind effects thru a bong and the seeds placed there in.

    • @rogerpoyer8101
      @rogerpoyer8101 7 лет назад +1

      Doesn't Lucy have a football for you to go kick somewhere?

    • @charliebrown4532
      @charliebrown4532 7 лет назад +1

      Roger Poyer That made 0 sense... Asian?

    • @rogerpoyer8101
      @rogerpoyer8101 7 лет назад +1

      Charlie Brown Asian not pc enough for you? So in what country is the Fukuoka Institute located. Thought Asian captured most people in that part of the world without my trying to guess where exactly someone is from without offending. You're up a little late aren't you? Shortbus for you to catch in the morning. nighty night.

    • @charliebrown4532
      @charliebrown4532 7 лет назад +1

      Roger Poyer why does offending anyone concern you now? You already shit on an entire country.

    • @rogerpoyer8101
      @rogerpoyer8101 7 лет назад +2

      Charlie Brown I am so glad that I was born when I was and not raised in a generation of the easily offended when there is typically no intent to offend. I see you are one of those. And the proof is that instead of you understanding the content of my original message, you picked on something that offended you. I am not glad or sorry if you were offended. The point Linus is that somewhere in this world there is a certain group of people of some descent that are interested in something that a certain group of people in this country and of some descent are not smart enough nor able to comprehend what those other people from another part of the world are doing.
      See how much easier my first comment was? Oh...sorry there I go again offending people since I assumed you understood sarcasm and that you understood the basis of my first reply.
      Please forgive me...the person likely not using their real name....dang it....there I go again....