PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The instructions for this project were to focus on a specific action in a sport and explain the physics behind it in a short video, as well as how to do it better.
When we began our Physics of Sports Video project, we started by thinking about different sports that we could focus on. After the first day, we decide that we would target basketball and began to write our script. For our specific action, we chose the underhand free-throw.
CONTENT
Physics:
Velocity=change in distance/change in time
Acceleration=change in velocity/change in time
Force=mass*acceleration
Work=force*distance
Kinetic Energy=1/2mv^2=Potential Energy
Potential Energy=mass*gravity*height=Kinetic Energy
Momentum=mass*velocity
Impulse=force*time
Vector:
a quantity with both direction and magnitude
When finding total velocity, you can use the vertical velocity and horizontal velocity using a^2*b^2=c^2
The ball was released at a 55 degree angle and had been thrown with a force of 28.2 Newtons (or 6.3 pounds). Ryan had his knees bent at a 60 degree angle and the total velocity of the ball was 9.4 meters per second. The horizontal velocity was 3.26 meters per second and the vertical velocity was 8.8 meters per second.
REFLECTION
Our group had issues with communication and took too much time to make decisions. We learned that we need to manage our time better in future projects and learn to cooperate. Although we understood the assignment, we kept putting off time to work on it. We had left too many holes in our script, so it was difficult to record our audio or video. In the end, we had to take extra time in class and during lunch to get the footage and put together our clips. Some footage from our video was copyrighted, as we had taken a clip of an athlete off the internet, so we were unable post it to YouTube. We also struggled to find reliable video-editing software, the first one we used put a large watermark over the copyrighted parts of the video. We learned that spending time on a project is worth it so that you don't have to do it a second time.
I worked on this project with Alexis Bishop, Owen Ondricek, and Ryan Loeber.
The instructions for this project were to focus on a specific action in a sport and explain the physics behind it in a short video, as well as how to do it better.
When we began our Physics of Sports Video project, we started by thinking about different sports that we could focus on. After the first day, we decide that we would target basketball and began to write our script. For our specific action, we chose the underhand free-throw.
CONTENT
Physics:
Velocity=change in distance/change in time
Acceleration=change in velocity/change in time
Force=mass*acceleration
Work=force*distance
Kinetic Energy=1/2mv^2=Potential Energy
Potential Energy=mass*gravity*height=Kinetic Energy
Momentum=mass*velocity
Impulse=force*time
Vector:
a quantity with both direction and magnitude
When finding total velocity, you can use the vertical velocity and horizontal velocity using a^2*b^2=c^2
The ball was released at a 55 degree angle and had been thrown with a force of 28.2 Newtons (or 6.3 pounds). Ryan had his knees bent at a 60 degree angle and the total velocity of the ball was 9.4 meters per second. The horizontal velocity was 3.26 meters per second and the vertical velocity was 8.8 meters per second.
REFLECTION
Our group had issues with communication and took too much time to make decisions. We learned that we need to manage our time better in future projects and learn to cooperate. Although we understood the assignment, we kept putting off time to work on it. We had left too many holes in our script, so it was difficult to record our audio or video. In the end, we had to take extra time in class and during lunch to get the footage and put together our clips. Some footage from our video was copyrighted, as we had taken a clip of an athlete off the internet, so we were unable post it to YouTube. We also struggled to find reliable video-editing software, the first one we used put a large watermark over the copyrighted parts of the video. We learned that spending time on a project is worth it so that you don't have to do it a second time.
I worked on this project with Alexis Bishop, Owen Ondricek, and Ryan Loeber.