Basketball is one of America’s favorite pastimes. While a great defense wins championships, watching players on offense is arguably the most exciting part of the game. Transition offense, either a quick inbound and go or getting a rebound or turnover and swiftly moving up the court, is an important part of the game for teams to try to take advantage and score. In order to be successful offensively as a guard, players must be able to be somewhat quick, agile, and have court vision; power forwards and centers need to be aggressive, have court vision when they are double teamed, and be able to judge where to go on a pick and roll. SportVU, an optical tracking system, is used to track a possession in a basketball game and draw a desired conclusion. Specifically, in a game, acceleration is tracked to show the effect of speed on the outcome of a game. Having an understanding of SportVU with the concepts of acceleration and gravity can help prove how valuable a player is.
In basketball, physics concepts such as acceleration and gravity are prevalent throughout a game. Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity over time. Velocity is the speed of something in a given direction, and rate of change is the difference in speed over time. Acceleration correlates with the game of basketball through a change in speed going forward or moving in a different direction
(Gothard and Rosen 1). Gravity is the attraction of a physical body in the universe in relation to all other bodies, and the relation to the inverse square law. The inverse square law is defined as any point spreading infinitely and equally in both directions. Gravity is prevalent in real life when an object is dropped; the body is attracted to the surface it hits...
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...orrelate and determine if there is a relationship between acceleration, co-acceleration, and other basketball statistics (Maymin 1-6).
SportVU has only given the NBA positive results thus far and it will likely be expanded upon in the near future to yield even more useful information. The levels of accelerations in deci-gs for different players are increasingly uncommon. Thanks to this new technology, players are able to increase their level of play. In addition, teams are able to use this information to decide who should get the largest salary. Maybe in the future, other American sports such as football and soccer might be able to experience a statistical revolution like one that has occurred in basketball. This revolution could lead to many athletes being upset with their current salaries. How will this technology and the results affect the mindsets of athletes?
The sport of baseball is one that has been around in the United States since the eighteenth century, and is still played across the nation today – in backyards and in enormous sports stadiums. Though there is no proven inventor of the game, references to early variations of the game we know today as baseball date back to the 1700s. Baseball most likely holds its roots in two old English games, rounders and cricket, which were brought to New England by the colonists. From these two traditional sports, baseball was crafted, and it was a thriving pastime across the colonies by the American Revolution. It wasn’t until 1845, however, that a volunteer firefighter Alexander Joy Cartwright developed a formal code of rules which would serve as the foundation for the modern game of baseball which we know today. Since then, rules have been added and altered. Official regulations were established on matters such as bat size and the distance between the pitcher’s mound and home plate. Through out all these changes and additions, however, there has always been one set of laws which baseball followed. Whether in a little league or an MLB game, the laws of physics are constantly at play.
Since its creation in 1893, the sport of basketball has been one of the most popular sports in the United States. One wouldn’t have to search long to find a basketball court and a pickup game in most American cities. Many people around the world look up to the stars of the National Basketball Association as role models. Despite the vast popularity of basketball, there is only one major league in America: The National Basketball Association, to be referred to in this work as the NBA.
Many of us know of the fun game of basketball, the object of the game is to basically run up and down the court and shoot the ball, and block the other team when they try to score. Whichever team has the most points at the end of the game is the winner. According to Bran Faurschou’s article, “ NBA Hoops Online” Basketball was invented in 1891 by, Dr. James Naismith. He was a physical education instructor. Back then the game of basketball was a little bit different, It was the same concept but it was different. When Dr. James was working as the physical education instructor at the YMCA training school, he came up with the game of basketball as an activity for his
"To better monitor the training and diet programs of a basketball player, it must be first understood the components of the physique and body of them (Gerodimos, 2005)." From what we know is that centers have the highest proportional body mass compared to other positions whereas guards had lower body mass related to their height. The results from the research suggest that the "body composition characteristics in basketball may be specific to the position of the player on the court (Gerodimos, 2005)." Knowing this we can tailor the diet plan and workout routine for the player to increase their
Before we get into the research we must examine what exactly speed-accuracy tradeoffs and how it applies too sport in general. Fitts law basically predicts the movement time of a skill that requires both speed and accuracy when moving toward a target. So, the bigger the target the movement time to get to said target goes up and so does the accuracy but if the target is smaller the movement time will decrease so you can become more accurate. The article I chose was about how this theory factors into basketball when it comes to shooting a jump shot. The researcher had each player shoot 3 jump shots and it was recorded on film which was analyzed by the researches using a combination of mean, standard deviation and the
Basketball is a fun sport. Layups are a very popular way of scoring or making a basket in basketball. I am learning about layups becuse there are many different ways to do a layup. Layups can be difficult to do if you have never done them before, but just practice practice practice!. Some people will be able to do a layup there first time, and others may need some practice. To do a layup you should always try doing it with both hands. And to most people it will be easier to do a layup with your dominant hand. But it would really help to perfect your layup with both your right hand and your left hand.
“There are four major components in shooting a shot. How tall you are, how far away from the basket you are, the ball’s angle, and the ball’s speed.” You’re height and how far away from the basket you are, will determine what angle you should shoot the ball and how fast you should make the ball go. If you are 5’8” and you are 15 feet away from the basket, you want to shot the ball at a 60° angle and make the ball go 18 miles per hour. This will give you a perfect swish.
My research topic I’ve chosen to do is “How much energy does it take to dribble a basketball?” My hypothesis is that I think it will take an excel amount of energy to dribble a basketball. Basketball isn’t an easy sport to play. You have to use most of your energy by running back and forth on the court. You have to play defense and offense. Dribbling a basketball is an extra thing to worry about when playing basketball. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to focus on different things at a time. There are two types of energy used when dribbling a basketball. The two energies are kinetic and potential energy. Kinetic energy is how much energy an object has due to its motion. Potential energy is energy stored in an object. When you hold a ball
Can you imagine playing the game of basketball without a three point line? Basketball has constantly changed throughout history and continues to change today. The National Basketball Association has risen in popularity and is now one of America’s most popular sports. Because basketball continues to be a popular sport, a fan should learn about the origin of the NBA, how the game evolved from the late 1940s to the early two thousands, and how the players today impact the way it is played.
Sports are often identified to have positive influences on many individuals. The sports industry is growing worldwide, especially the basketball industry, which is regarded in second place behind football. The global prevalence of basketball is unquestionable, especially among the young. Basketball is a dynamic team sport that involves a pattern of alternating, active, and skilled movement activities. There are compound demands that require a mixture of individual skills, team plays, strategies, and motivational aspects.
Sports are full of entertainment and great players. Imagine if the players were boosted with skills and performed like the monster on the movie Space Jam. This would be amazing if you never watched space jam I highly recommended you do so. The movie was great; it had one of the worlds best athletes in it Michal Jordan. He is known as one of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game. Space jam can show how an extra boost can improve players’ game play to the next level.
Physics is a part of everyday life. It is evident in the modern technological devices we use in every day experiences and objects around us. Although physics is understood to be only useful in the classroom, physics can also be applied to one the most popular activities on the planet, basketball. Whether jumping for the ball, or leaping for a slam dunk, the human body follows the same laws of projectile motion as do other objects. The sport that includes shooting, passing, running, and dribbling involves topics covered in physics such as force, friction, effects of air resistance, velocity, air pressure and energy. Basketball also involves factors such as projectile motion in making a basket, gravity and its effects on passing and dribbling, and Newton’s First and Third Law on passing and a number of others.
The most important part of the game of basketball is shooting the basketball, after all the object of the game is to put the basketball through the basket. A shot is taken by a player pushing on the ball and launching it toward the basket and upon the ball hitting the rim or backboard physics refers to this action as a contact force. Using this concept of contact force a shot can be calculated exactly. From a player’s height, the mass of the ball and a given position on the court which would include the distance from the basket it is possible to calculate the exact angle and force the shooter must apply to make a basket every time he or she shoots the ball. Of course if it were this easy basketball would not be as fun to watch or play. The problem with hitting a shot every time with the calculated angle and force is that the ball would have to travel toward the basket with the exact angle and force calculated for that particular shot. What makes this difficult is that the muscles in our body would have to be controlled flawlessly to push the ball with the exact amount of force and to give the ball the exact angle that is needed every time a shot is taken...
A good service in volleyball is important to a winning strategy. Either an effective serve will not be returned, leading to a point, or it will be returned with minimal strength, providing the serving team with the advantage. One aim of a good serve is to provide the receivers with little time as possible to react. Forces and angles are the two main factors at play when relating volleyball with math (Papageōrgiou & Spitzley, 2003). In short, in order to relate volleyball with math, the force needed to make the ball move a certain height or distance, the angle required to make the ball over the net, and the arrangement of players, such that less players cover more ground need to be well illustrated. This paper connects the concept of mathematics to volleyball, explaining various models of a served volleyball in details.
Gravity is the force that pulls two objects together, and the mass of the human body depends on gravity. The more the mass there is, the amount of the gravitational force will increase. The study of the Earth’s gravitational field itself is complex and deeply fascinating. Likewise, studying its relation to the human body makes it even more thought provoking. A gravitational field is simply the area of space neighboring a body that has another body experiencing a gravitational attraction force. As human beings and just general species, our state in Earth is not the same as it is up in the atmosphere or another planet. Unfortunately, the term “gravity” is thrown around futilely these days, but in this essay you will learn its purpose in our Earth, and all the notions that go along with it.