Conclusion

        After having taken many photographs, videos, and golf swings, we have confirmed our idea that golf ball indentations are really cool! Tate found that his swing speed was, at times, even faster than he hypothesized (club speed around 115mph and ball speed at 148 mph). We noticed that the speed of Tate's swing effected the indentation of the ball in that the hard the swing the more of an indentation. However, what was more intriguing was the effect of where Tate hit the ball on the club head. If he hit it the ball in the middle of the club head, the indentation was noticeable better than if he hit the ball with the top or bottom of the club head. Drew found that he could actually hit a good golf ball despite being a true novice. We came across many difficulties while trying to get this project started including the photogate, flashes, camera, and location. Some of the specific troubles were not having a steady workplace in the PEC, or changing  cameras and photogate set up at first. Looking back, we could have helped ourselves in regards to the laser by making a clamp to hold down the button instead of having Drew hold it each time. These issues are further discussed in the Photo Journal. Still, we worked through them and, once we got going, we got some great results. Looking back on this last trimester, Drew and Tate both agree that High Speed Imaging at NCSSM has been our favorite class we have ever taken, seriously.

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