Newton's Laws of Motion in Basketball
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- Imagine yourself throwing a basketball to a teammate. Provided you throw it in the right direction with enough force, you can expect the ball to get to them without suddenly stopping, changing direction, or speeding towards them. This is thanks to Newton's first Law about inertia, an object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
- The travel of velocity through the ball from person to personPerson--Ball--Person
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- Hey guys! This is School Sports Science and today we are here to talk about Newton's Laws of Motion in a sport we all know and love, Basketball! On a side note we also are taking in new members so come on down to the AV room after school if you are interested in our channel! Ok, so every single student listening has probably thought in their science class, when are we going to need this in the future? Well, sit tight because we are about to show you that you already have been using science in your everyday lives...
- Staying on the topic of passing the ball, Newton's 2nd Law comes into play during this action as well. Lot more science in sports than you thought huh? Newton's second law of motion is F=ma or Force = Mass times Acceleration. If a player uses too much force when making a pass, it will go flying past the intended player as the mass of the basketball is light. But if little force is applied to the throw of a basketball, it won't reach the player that is waiting for the pass and the other team could easily take the ball. So players have to be aware with the amount of force they use in different situations. This is why in basketball, when passing, newton's second law is very important.
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- Newton's Third Law of Motion states that for every force, there's an equal and opposite reaction. This law of motion is applied in basketball when the players run up and down the court. When a player runs across the court they put force on the court floor. The court floor has too much mass for the player to move it so the force travels back to the player and propels them forward. This Law is also mainly seen during the tip-off at the beginning of each basketball game. For those of you who don't know, to decide which team gets the ball in a basketball game, they hold a tip-off where one player from each team jumps for the ball to claim it for their team. The force of the players jumping off of the ground represents the third law of motion as they are conducting a force (jumping) where they push off of the ground and go in the opposite direction showing an equal and opposite reaction for the initial force of jumping.
- Well that about wraps it up for this week. We hope in your next science class when you are thinking about when you will ever use the work you are learning about, think about us! Let us know other sports you would like to hear about that are connected to scientific ideas and we will discuss the most popular idea in next week's broadcast. Thanks for tuning in, this is School Sports Science.
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