Judah
3rd grade Silva
Badminton
If you like olympic sports you will love this! Badminton started in 1960 in Asia. It joined the Spain Barcelona Olympics in 1992. First, you need an enclosed court. Also, a hardy badminton racket. And last, regular clothes and shuttlecocks/birdies to play. The winning player serves first in the next game. First rule, a match consists of three games of 21 points. Next rule, it is not a fault if you miss the shuttlecock when serving. Last rule, the 30th point wins the game. You score points by hitting the shuttlecocks. Badminton is very exciting and also shows many concepts of physics.
The cool sport of badminton has a lot of forces. Balanced forces are not moving. Unbalanced forces are moving. In fact, they are almost completely opposite forces. These types of forces can be seen in the sport of badminton when the shuttlecock hits the net. The net and the birdie switch roles, the birdie is balanced and the net is unbalanced. This is a balanced force because it doesn't move. Unbalanced forces are moving. These types of forces can be seen when the racket hits the shuttlecock. This is an unbalanced force because it is moving. Newton's first law states an object in motion stays in motion until a force acts on it, an object at rest stays at rest until a force acts upon it. In the game, the birdie will stay at rest until the racket hits it. The racket stays in motion until a player stops it. A shuttlecock is in motion and stops motion when the other racket hits it.
There is another law in badminton. The bigger the mass the bigger the force to move it. This is Newton’s 2nd law. Force is a push or pull. Some examples of forces in badminton are balanced and unbalanced forces like the player or a racket. Mass is the amount of matter. matter is the amount of particles. Types of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. Examples of mass are the net or player. Net has greater mass because it has metal bars. Acceleration is a change in velocity. Examples of acceleration are players and birdies. The force of a racket hitting a birdie impacts the acceleration of the birdie by affecting the birdie’s acceleration. The mass of the net in badminton impacts the acceleration of the birdie because the net stops the birdie. Athletes can predict the acceleration of the birdie knowing how much force to apply when serving. A slower, less powerful serve will move the birdie into the net and not over it. A harder, more powerful serve will get it over the net. If athletes change how they serve it will change the direction of where the birdie goes. Overall, Newton’s second law of motion can be seen throughout badminton.
Last of the laws of motion, Newton's third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. We see this every day just like the other laws in every action we take. When we walk, we put our foot on the ground and push backwards, this pushes our body slightly up and forward, which is the opposite of the first action you did with your foot. This motion is the same as running, which is what badminton players do during the game. Another action is seen when the other player jumps up to hit the birdie and the reaction is the birdie flies over the net. Truly,the sport of badminton is interesting and fun. Physics can be seen throughout every movement of this sport!