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A method is provided for improving athletic performance in a sport in which participants employ a projectile during competition. The method includes training for the sport with a sensing system included in the projectile, where flight characteristics of the projectile remain substantially unchanged

A method is provided for improving athletic performance in a sport in which participants employ a projectile during competition. The method includes training for the sport with a sensing system included in the projectile, where flight characteristics of the projectile remain substantially unchanged with the sensing system included in the projectile relative to the flight characteristics of the projectile as used in competition without the sensing system. The method also includes evaluating at least one flight characteristic measured by the sensing system when the projectile is employed with the sensing system, and if the act of evaluating finds that adjusting at least one physical characteristic of the projectile may assist in improving the participant's performance, changing the at least one physical characteristic.

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1. A method of improving athletic performance in a sport in which participants employ a projectile during a competition, the method comprising: training for the sport with a sensing system included in the projectile, wherein flight characteristics of the projectile remain substantially unchanged wit

1. A method of improving athletic performance in a sport in which participants employ a projectile during a competition, the method comprising: training for the sport with a sensing system included in the projectile, wherein flight characteristics of the projectile remain substantially unchanged with the sensing system included in the projectile relative to the flight characteristics of the projectile as used in the competition without the sensing system;measuring at least one flight characteristic using the sensing system following an adjustment of at least one physical characteristic of the projectile; andevaluating the at least one flight characteristic measured by the sensing system when the projectile is employed with the sensing system to determine whether adjusting the at least one physical characteristic of the projectile may assist in improving the participant's performance in the competition. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising evaluating the at least one flight characteristic for at least one subsequent use of the projectile in the training. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, if the act of evaluating the flight characteristic for the at least one subsequent use finds that adjusting the at least one physical characteristic of the projectile further may assist in improving the participant's performance, changing the at least one physical characteristic. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one physical characteristic includes a plurality of physical characteristics, and wherein the method further comprises determining whether the act of evaluating finds that adjusting the plurality of physical characteristics of the projectile may assist in improving the participant's performance. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein in the plurality of physical characteristics are selected from a group consisting of a weight of the projectile, an aerodynamic profile of the projectile and a stiffness of the projectile. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising employing in the competition the projectile used in the act of training. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the competition includes a plurality of additional participants, and wherein the method further comprises having each of the additional participants employ the same general type but a different projectile than the projectile employed by the participant. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one physical characteristic includes a plurality of physical characteristics, and wherein the method further comprises determining whether the act of evaluating finds that adjusting the plurality of physical characteristics of the projectile employed by the participant may assist in improving the participant's performance. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein in the plurality of physical characteristics are selected from a group consisting of a weight of the projectile, an aerodynamic profile of the projectile and a stiffness of the projectile employed by the participant. 10. A method of improving athletic performance in a sport in which participants propel an object airborne during a competition, the method comprising: training for the sport with a sensing system included in the object, wherein flight characteristics of the object remain substantially unchanged with the sensing system included in the object relative to the flight characteristics of the object as used in the competition without the sensing system;measuring at least one flight characteristic using the sensing system following an adjustment of at least one physical characteristic of the object; andevaluating the at least one flight characteristic measured by the sensing system when the object is employed with the sensing system to determine whether adjusting the at least one physical characteristic of the object may assist in improving the participant's performance in the competition. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising evaluating the at least one flight characteristic for at least one subsequent use of the object in the training. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, if the act of evaluating the flight characteristic for the at least one subsequent use finds that adjusting the at least one physical characteristic of the object further may assist in improving the participant's performance, changing the at least one physical characteristic. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one physical characteristic includes a plurality of physical characteristics, and wherein the method further comprises determining whether the act of evaluating finds that adjusting the plurality of physical characteristics of the object may assist in improving the participant's performance. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein in the plurality of physical characteristics are selected from a group consisting of a weight of the object, an aerodynamic profile of the object and a stiffness of the object. 15. The method of claim 10, further comprising employing in the competition the object used in the act of training. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the competition includes a plurality of additional participants, and wherein the method further comprises having each of the additional participants employ the same general type but a different object than the object employed by the participant. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one physical characteristic includes a plurality of physical characteristics, and wherein the method further comprises determining whether the act of evaluating finds that adjusting the plurality of physical characteristics of the object employed by the participant may assist in improving the participant's performance. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein in the plurality of physical characteristics are selected from a group consisting of a weight of the projectile, an aerodynamic profile of the projectile and a stiffness of the projectile employed by the participant. 19. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing the sensing system with a weight such that an overall weight of the object including the sensing system substantially matches the overall weight of the object as used in the competition without the sensing system. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising, if the act of evaluating finds that adjusting the at least one physical characteristic of the projectile may assist in improving the participant's performance, changing the at least one physical characteristic.