Physics of Sports Video
My Movie (1).movProcess of Making the Video
As a group, my team jot down ideas for what sport we should base our physics of sports video on. We decided to calculate the physics of a football throw. We made a story board in our notebooks and began to make a script for our video.
Distance Horizontal
The distance horizontal of the football throw is 9 and 1/2 meters. That is roughly 10 yards on a football field.
Distance Vertical
The distance vertical is around 4 meters. Almost the same height as the top of a basketball back board.
Velocity Horizontal
The velocity horizontal is 9 and 3/4 meters per second which is the same speed of a car going 21 miles per hour.
Velocity Vertical
The velocity vertical is 4 and 1/2 meters per second. That has the same velocity as a car going 10 miles per hour.
Total Velocity
The total velocity of the ball is 11 meters per second. Same velocity as a car moving 24 miles per hour.
Total Air Time
The total time of the ball in the air is 0.9 seconds.
Fall Time
The fall time of the ball is 0.5 seconds.
Time in Hands
The ball was in Dylan's hands for about 0.7 seconds.
Force of Impact
The force of impact is 6.8 newtons of force. That is about 1 and 1/2 pounds of force on the ball. This may seem like a little about of force being put on the ball but with a 10 yard throw there is not much force needed for an accurate throw. In a game when the same throw is being made, you would want to exert more force on the ball to get it past the defense.
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Reflection
Two things I think I did well was being efficient with the time that I had. In most of the class period I was calculating and researching on our project. I also feel like I did a good job at following the directions for the assignment. Our video included everything needed. One thing I learned about myself is that I like working in groups more than alone. I think having others ideas and opinions makes our project way better. They chip in ideas that you may never have though of. Something that I would like to keep working on is staying more focused. I tend to work really hard for a pretty good amount of time and then get distracted. I think staying on task for the whole period would help the work load that I would have for homework. Overall, I really enjoyed this project. I liked finding the physics of our sport and I found it very helpful because I learned many new things.