In dribbling a basketball there is a lot of kinetic and potential energy that goes in to the action. As I dribble I am converting the potential energy that the ball has when its at a certain height and turning it into kinetic energy when I push the ball down. The force that I give causes the ball to collide with the ground which is shown in the picture. The collision causes the ball to flatten due to the collision with the solid surface of the ground and then bounce back up. The ball had its biggest kinetic energy when it was closest to hitting the ground. Once it hits the ground the kinetic energy is transferred into elastic energy which is shown by the flattening of the ball in the picture. After the ball collides with the ground and bounces up the higher the ball is, the more potential energy it now has. The force of the ball pushes the ground down and the ground pushes the ball up. The air inside the ball compresses as it hits the ground and you can see it as the ball squashes. The extra air pressure pushing the ground causes the ground to push back just as hard and make the ball bounce. Overall, the main type of energy displayed in this picture is elastic. The ball is deformed, compressed and stretched which causes it to bounce back up.

In the series of images together it shows the parabolic trajectory of a three point shot with a basketball. The ball has this parabolic motion from leaving my hand to the the hoop because of projectile motion. Even though I push the ball up to begin with the force of gravity attracting the ball to the earths core causes the ball to eventually have a downward acceleration. Overall, when I push the ball up it defies gravity for a little while before the force of gravity over powers the force that I gave the ball. This is the cause the ball to come down. The upward push that I give the ball to start with a long with gravity pulling the ball down creates the parabolic motion that the ball has when it is shot.