Sunday, September 14, 2014
Blog #2
Today i was watching the NFL football game, the vikings against the patriots. Sadly, i cant remember who it was but one of the guys was close to the sideline and one of his players had thrown he ball, he started at a rate of zero then when he started running for the ball he was moving at an increasing constant speed. He then caught the ball and started running but the other team had him surrounded as they slowly crowded him that he ended up going out. Once was out he had gone out, he knew he had to stop but he couldn't just stop automatically. He had to slow down at a constant rate in order to stop. This was my example of constant velocity.
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I never thought about applying physics to football. This helped me understand constant velocity and how it can be applied to a lot of things.
ReplyDeleteIn so many sports and just in our everyday life physics is applied! Football is a sport that players are constantly increasing in velocity and then coming to a complete stop. Acceleration and velocity are major factors in how this happens. On defense the players are also using their force against one another. I think that velocity and acceleration are two of the most seen factors in football.
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