Colton
3rd Grade Silva
3x3 Basketball
There are several Olympic sports played every 4 years, 3x3 basketball is one of them. Every 4 years athletes come to compete to be recognized as the best at the sport of 3x3 basketball. How basketball is played is there are 2 teams, and 3 on each team, your goal is to score on the other team. The rules are no traveling, that means no holding the ball while running. With every step you take you have to bounce the ball. If you shoot the ball out, it's out of bounds, that means if it gets outside of the line, you must start over. Basketball is very popular and also shows Newton's laws.
Basketball 3x3 has many forces at work. Balanced forces are at rest, and unbalanced forces are in motion. 3x3 basketball demonstrates a balanced force because of motion, balanced forces are seen when players are standing still and the ball is not moving, in these instances the ground at rest has no impact on the ball at rest, pushing against each other equally causing no motion. Unbalanced forces are moving. These types of forces can beseen in the sport of basketball when the ball is moving. This is an unbalanced force since it's moving. Newton's first law of motion says a ball moving is in motion, and will stay in motion.
There is another law in basketball 3x3. Newton's second law says anything at rest will stay at rest. Newton's second law can be seen throughout basketball. Mass is not weight, but it has weight. Examples of mass in basketball are the player’s muscles. Acceleration is a change in speed or direction. Examples of acceleration in this sport are the players running. The force of the player impacts the athletes in basketball by moving really fast. An athlete can predict the acceleration of objects in basketball by knowing how much force to apply when throwing the ball to a teammate. If the teammate is far away then you have to use more force, if the teammate is closer you will have to use less force to pass the ball.
Newton's 3rd law states for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.Physics can be seen throughout the world in basketball. For example, when a player exerts downward force while dribbling the ball down the court, the ball returns upward to the player’s hand with every repetition. Cleary basketball is fun and hard, the sport of basketball is exciting and intense.