For our group's Physics of Sports Video we chose to do the physics of shooting a freethrow. I personally advocated for this particular activity because it is the same thing every time. Every time someone shoots a freethrow, it's from fifteen feet away, so I was curious to see what the ideal physics were behind this shot. My group members were Tak Maga, Jillian Seymour, and Vivian Lieda.
For the project, we talked about the different steps of shooting the shot, and the basic form. Some of these steps include foot positioning, elbow angle, and how to exert the force on the ball to push it forward. We attempted to find the ideal force to put on the basketball and angle to shoot the ball at to make it every time.
We talked about many physics concepts in the video. The first one we used is force. Force is the strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. The formula for this is force=mass x acceleration. In this case, we were finding the force I exerted on the ball, which was around 52 newtons, or 13 pounds.
In the video, velocity was talked about as well. Velocity is an object's speed in a fixed direction. The formula for velocity is change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity of the basketball when shot is about 13.24 mps, a about a fifty degree angle. In conclusion, to make a free throw if you’re six feet tall, you need to shoot the ball at a fifty degree angle with 13 pounds of pressure, to get a velocity of approximately 13.24 meters/second. To represnt some of our data, we used vectors. Vectors are the diagrams used to represent the vertical and horizontal velocities of the basketball in air.
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Overall, I feel like my group did well for this project. We had a clear, informative video, and finished within the given time constraints. A positive for me was the force of sports better. I never realized that force is used in almost every aspect of every sport until now. I also how to calculate velocity using a vector diagram. I hadn’t realized you could use the horizontal and vertical velocity to help figure out the total velocity. I think we could have done better with editing choices. We switched around the device and format in which we were using to edit our video a few times, with each switch eating up valuable time. This time should have been spent improving the video rather than converting clips and footage from one application to another. I personally could have stayed more on task. I think while filming the shooting shots due to the setting, I was distracted. I was taking up time shooting shots other than free-throws while I could have been doing what I was supposed to do.
This project helped me understand the physics behind an everyday activity, which I enjoy. The project was especially fun because it related to me and gave me an option to learn about something I am enthusiastic about. Overall, I am very proud of my group and pleased with our finished product for the Physics of Sports video.
For the project, we talked about the different steps of shooting the shot, and the basic form. Some of these steps include foot positioning, elbow angle, and how to exert the force on the ball to push it forward. We attempted to find the ideal force to put on the basketball and angle to shoot the ball at to make it every time.
We talked about many physics concepts in the video. The first one we used is force. Force is the strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. The formula for this is force=mass x acceleration. In this case, we were finding the force I exerted on the ball, which was around 52 newtons, or 13 pounds.
In the video, velocity was talked about as well. Velocity is an object's speed in a fixed direction. The formula for velocity is change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity of the basketball when shot is about 13.24 mps, a about a fifty degree angle. In conclusion, to make a free throw if you’re six feet tall, you need to shoot the ball at a fifty degree angle with 13 pounds of pressure, to get a velocity of approximately 13.24 meters/second. To represnt some of our data, we used vectors. Vectors are the diagrams used to represent the vertical and horizontal velocities of the basketball in air.
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Overall, I feel like my group did well for this project. We had a clear, informative video, and finished within the given time constraints. A positive for me was the force of sports better. I never realized that force is used in almost every aspect of every sport until now. I also how to calculate velocity using a vector diagram. I hadn’t realized you could use the horizontal and vertical velocity to help figure out the total velocity. I think we could have done better with editing choices. We switched around the device and format in which we were using to edit our video a few times, with each switch eating up valuable time. This time should have been spent improving the video rather than converting clips and footage from one application to another. I personally could have stayed more on task. I think while filming the shooting shots due to the setting, I was distracted. I was taking up time shooting shots other than free-throws while I could have been doing what I was supposed to do.
This project helped me understand the physics behind an everyday activity, which I enjoy. The project was especially fun because it related to me and gave me an option to learn about something I am enthusiastic about. Overall, I am very proud of my group and pleased with our finished product for the Physics of Sports video.