Caleb
3rd Grade Silva
Hammer Throw
There are several Olympic sports played every four years. Hammer throwing is one of them. To begin, Hammer throwing originated a long time ago in Paris around 2000 BC. It became an Olympic sport in 1900, and the first Olympic hammer throwing was held in Paris. Also, the equipment for hammer throwing is a field ball which athletes throw. Plus, gloves to protect athletes' hands. Lastly, a very long and big field. The rules for hammer throwing are athletes have to stay inside the circle until the field ball lands,or they could get hurt. When athletes are throwing they should also stay inside the circle or they would be considered cheating. An athlete needs to throw the ball as far as they can and it helps if their back is facing the way they're throwing. Hammer throwing is very interesting and also shows Newton's Laws of Motion.
The sport of hammer throwing has many different forces. Some forces are balanced and unbalanced. To begin, a balanced force, or something at rest, is shown when the field ball is laying and not moving. Also, unbalanced forces are something that is moving. An unbalanced force is when someone throws the field ball and it moves. Next, Newton’s first law of motion states an object at rest will stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by a force. Lastly, a person is in motion while they throw the field ball. A player is at rest until their muscles throw the ball. A player is in motion until they stop moving their muscles. As you can see Newton’s first law is in hammer throwing in several ways.
There is another law that occurs in the sport of hammer throwing. Newton’s second law is F=MA, An object with more mass will take more force to move. An object with less mass will take less force to move. These are definitions of force,mass and acceleration. Force is a push or pull. Mass is the particles of matter an object has. There are 3 types of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Each has particles, solid particles are close, liquid particles are medium, gas particles are far. Solid mass is big, liquid mass is medium, gas mass is light. Acceleration is change in velocity, velocity is change in speed and direction. These are some examples of Newton’s second law in hammer throwing. The force of the player impacts the acceleration of the field ball by speed. Athletes in hammer throwing can predict the acceleration of objects by knowing how much force to apply when throwing the field ball. A slower less powerful throw will move the ball very little. A harder, more powerful throw will move the field ball farther. If athletes change where they let go of the ball it will change the direction of where the field ball lands. Overall, Newton’s second law can be seen throughout hammer throwing.
There is one final law that is shown in the sport of hammer throwing. To begin, Newton's third law of motion states every action has an opposite and equal reaction. Action is a movment, some examples are when athletes throw the field ball, and when they spin. Reaction is anything that happens because of an action. Physics can be seen throughout the world in hammer throwing. Clearly, the sport of hammer throwing is intense and fun. Physics can be seen throughout every movement of this sport.