Physics of Sport Video

Evidence of Work

For this project, my group, Alyssa Nissim, Faith Gomez, Ryan Frasersmith and I were tasked with creating a decently edited video showcasing some sport motion. We decided to go a bit outside the box on our idea brainstorming, and chose to do a bicycle kick. This was significantly harder than what most other groups chose to do, simply because it is not an easy thing to do and involves almost performing a backflip, as well as successfully kicking a ball out of mid-air.

Content

Velocity
- Rate of covered distance in a direction
- v=d/t
- m/s
Acceleration
- Rate of change of velocity
- a=v/t
- m/s²
Acceleration due to gravity
- Gravity is a force between two objects proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the distance
- d=0.5a_gt²
- a_g=9.8m/s²
Force
- Push or pull on and object
- F=ma
- N (newtons)
Total Velocity
- The sum of an object’s horizontal and vertical motion
- V_total=V_{horizonta l}+ V_vertical
- m/s
Horizontal Velocity
- Velocity related to an object’s horizontal motion
- V_horizontal=d_horizontal/t
- m/s
Vertical velocity
- Velocity related to an object’s vertical motion
- V_vertical=d_vertical/t
- m/s

Reflection

This project has clearly shown me that I know when to quit goofing off and get to work so everything gets completed on time. Since we had to go into the mini-gym to record, we were unsupervised, needless to say, resulting in some procrastination. It was here that my knowing when to stop really saved me. Also, it turns out I can cooperate with teammates outside of school to complete work fairly well. For our project we needed the World Cup theme, which I happily found and provided in mp3 form.

However, I need to improve on my self control, namely, in relation to procrastination. A bit of procrastination didn't exactly ruin the project, but it certainly didn't help. Also, I should take care to not snap at my teammates under stress, as they most likely didn't deserve it. All in all, however, this project was a success.