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how could I calculate how much energy is transferred to the ball during the launch? Can I accomplish this through equations and calculations or would I need to actually purchase parts and test this to get more data?

I'm trying to design a automatic tennis ball pitching machine for my senior design project. I will be using two spinning wheels as the launching mechanism. So far I've found the initial velocity after the ball leaves the two spinning wheels (v = 33.398 ft/s). This velocity was found by using...