Physics of Sports Video
The Process of Making Our Video
Our assignment for our project for Physics of Sports video was to make a video about the science of sport that was shorter than 3 minutes. We decided to chose the sport, lacrosse, to make our video about. We thought it would be harder to gather data from a running shot into the goal so we decided to go with a standard 8-meter shot which is you could basically think as a penalty shot. We also had to figure out how to give an informational video while also making it interesting to watch. Overall, this project was a fun one!
Calculations
-Velocity before (0 m/s) is how fast the projectile is going before it is launched
Vafter:
Velocity horizontal is how fast the projectile flies sideways (40 m/s)
Velocity vertical is how fast an object travels up (1.9 m/s)
Vtotal is the velocity of the entire shot in total (40.4 m/s)
-The transfer of moment is when one object transfers energy to another (5.89 N)
-The force of contact is the force of two objects making contact (5.89 N)
Reflection
Making this project was probably the most entertaining project I have done all year including all my classes. It was really interesting and fun to see how a hobby that I love to do so much outside of school can directly correlate to what I do in school and science. It was cool to see how I could incorporate all the things that I've learned in the classroom to things that are common in the real world
What I learned most in this project is how many different parts of science there are in a simple move of one sport. I was shocked to see every little different thing happening in one shot and how it could all build up to one event. it made me wonder how much more physics is incorporated in lacrosse and even in all sports around the globe.
One of the most challenging things was putting all the calculations together in one video. We had the science down and we all understood it but it was challenging to figure out how to present it to the public. We were debating how much information/science we should put and we didn't want to make the video boring. I think that we got through this challenge and I had a fun time learning about the Physics of Sports.