A ball motion measuring apparatus comprises a tee 3 for mounting a golf
ball 1 thereon, a first camera 5, a second camera 7, a pair of first
stroboscopes 9, a pair of second stroboscopes 11, a pair of optical
sensors 13, a CPU 15 to be a calculating section, and a monitor 17 to be
a display section. The first camera 5 and the second camera 7 are CCD
cameras having a shutter function. Photographing is carried out by means
of the first camera 5 after a predetermined time passes since the golf
ball 1 is hit, and the photographing is carried out by means of the
second camera 7 after a predetermined time further passes. A magnified
image is formed by original image data thus obtained and a read value
obtained by pointing the magnified image is subjected to distortion
correction or oblique correction so that correction data are obtained.
Based on the correction data, a flight speed, a spin rate or a launch
angle of the golf ball 1 is calculated.