Volleyball is a sport that includes many elements from physics. Next time you are playing or watching your friend or family member play volleyball think about the elements in physics involved. Without gravity,work velocity, acceleration, work,and the Newton's 3 laws of motion, volleyball wouldn’t be the same. In this paper I will explain how you can use work, velocity, gravity and acceleration along with newton's three laws of motion
Acceleration, force gravity and projectile motion make volleyball the game that it is. Volleyball is a sport that contain many content from physics. Projectile is a motion that is determined by the object's initial velocity and the acceleration of gravity. When serving the a volleyball, the volleyball is the projectile.
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When you hit the volleyball you are giving its initial velocity. A volleyball being set, served, or passed moves two ways up and forward. This happens because the downward pull of gravity and horizontal motion also known as projectile motion. Projectile motion is like a free fall you need direction and magnitude and also speed of a player. The projectile also has a lot to do with how you position your arm a 90 degree angle would be good. These projectiles follow parabolic trajectories without air resistance the volleyball would travel along a parabola. Velocity is used to measure how fast a player and the volleyball move.The acceleration is to find the players velocity that decreases and increases in a certain amount of time.
Gravity is a downward force causing a projectile to accelerate in the downward direction. Gravity is used to serve, pass , spike or dig the volleyball. Work is when the force moves an object. In volleyball the force is the player and the object is the ball it moves in the direction in which the force is applied.
Volleyball also has newtons three laws of motion. Newton's first law states “ an object at rest will stay at rest , and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force”. An example of that is Law of Inertia when the ball falls it will continue to fall unless it gets hit or passed. Newton's second law states “the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net external force acting on the object and inversely proportional to a mass of the object.” An example of this is F=m*a, the volleyballs force can be found. Newton's third law states “to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”.When two objects interact, they exert a force on each other . An example of newton's third law is the action of serving or spiking the ball. Another example is the reaction of ball bouncing off the receivers
arm. Although physics is something we don't really think about when playing or watching a volleyball. Without the gravity, acceleration, velocity, work, and newton's laws volleyball wouldn't be challenging or better yet the game would not even exist without the physics.
Baseball is a fascinating sport that is exceptionally fun to play. This assignment is all about understanding the physics of a few key aspects of this sport. One might ask what physics could have to do with baseball? Like most sports baseball involves physical motion. Baseball encompasses all three planes of motion through throwing, hitting, and fielding. All of the classical laws of mechanics can be applied to understand the physics of this game.
I have played volleyball for 5 years. I have played school volleyball for five years, and club volleyball for four. Throughout my years of playing, I have recognized a significant difference between club volleyball and school volleyball. I have played for two clubs in my four years of playing club. The first two years, I played for a club named Platform Elite. The last two years, I have played for Iowa Select, and this year I am playing my club season with Infinity X. Personally, I prefer club volleyball over school volleyball. Club volleyball and school volleyball can be compared in three different categories: price, competition, and “politics” within the sport and its’ players.
Whether it is the angle needed to swing the bat, the force needed to kick the ball, or the speed needed to run, physics is present in every aspect of every sport. Players become aware at a young age that physics will be a part of their lives for as long as they play a sport, even if they are not aware of it. From the moment a child starts a sport, the many different methods used to improve revolve around physics. Softball is a prime example of this. Physics plays a role in softball because every aspect of this sport requires a certain momentum and force. Players must aim to achieve the skill to be able to use the physics behind the sport to their advantage. Through the use of hitting, catching, and throwing a softball, there is the need to
Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion affect every aspect of life, and there are examples of those forces at work all over, not just in baseball. The laws of physics are at play in even the simplest of movements or actions, facts so widely accepted that you don’t even have to think about them. Athletes don’t think about the physics behind their movements before they throw a ball. However, all the information above demonstrates just how much a sport like baseball depends on the laws of physics. Without these forces, America’s pastime wouldn’t be very entertaining to watch or play at all.
When you throw a football across the yard to your friend, you are using physics. You make adjustments for all the factors, such as distance, wind and the weight of the ball. The farther away your friend is, the harder you have to throw the ball, or the steeper the angle of your throw. This adjustment is done in your head, and it's physics. Physics is the branch of science that deals with the physical world. The area of physics that is most relevant to football is mechanics, the study of motion and its causes. The three main categories of motion that apply to the game are:
Volleyball is one of the biggest team sports there are. It is big in the summer olympics and all around the world men and women play it every day. The game of volleyball was originally called “mintonette”, it was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 at Springfield College in Massachusetts, they made it along with basketball. In 1957 volleyball was officially an Olympic sport, the first games were held in Tokyo 1964 and the first beach volleyball games were in 1996 Atlanta. In London 2012, USA got 12 silver medals. In the Olympics, the Soviet Union has won the most medals. The best country right now is Brazil, winning gold medals in London 2012. One of the best volleyball players from Minnesota right now is Tori Dixon who played for the Gophers
When you think of basketball you probably think of the names LeBron James, Kevin Durant, or Kobe Bryant. Even though these are some superstars of the game there is one man way more important than them and without him they wouldn’t be playing the sport they love. This man goes by the name of Dr. James Naismith. Naismith was a physical education teacher at the YMCA International Training school. One day Naismith had the challenge of finding an indoor game as an “athletic distraction” for the students. Instead of adapting outdoor games like soccer and lacrosse, Naismith remembered a game for his childhood days called duck-on-a-rock where you had to throw a rock at a “duck” on another large rock. To do this it takes extremely good accuracy. From this Naismith created 13 rules for the game
Net balls are also a part of the game of volleyball, it is a play which hits the net when it is aside from the first service. A net ball is the equivalent to a failure to return the ball right across the net. The ball hitting the net on first service counts as a trial and the ball becomes dead at that point. Another type of ball is called a line ball that strikes the boundary line. A line ball is the same as an out of court ball and counts exactly like one.
This investigation aims to determine the ideal air pressure inside and the ideal material of a ball in order for that ball to achieve its greatest bounce height. This report will be focusing on how the air pressure and material of a soccer ball, basketball and volleyball affects the bounce height of each ball.
There are many aspects to the game of basketball and physics can be applied to all of them. Although to be good at basketball it is not necessary to play it from a physics point of view. Basketball players become good by developing muscle memory for the actions that must be performed in the game of basketball from years of practice. Nevertheless knowing some of the physics in the game of basketball can help a good player be a better player. In this paper I will cover the three most important aspects of the game, shooting, dribbling and passing.
Giddens, Sandra; Giddens, Owen. Volleyball Rules, Tips, Strategy, and Safety. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. Print.
Handball is a sport where the main goal is to score more than the other team. The players are allowed to touch and throw the ball using hands, but must not touch the ball with their
When I was younger, I’d always worry about not being able to reach an object or be able to score a goal in sports. Especially because of my short height, I’d have to find creative ways in order to achieve these things. Projectile motion is just a fancy way of describing the efforts I had to go through in order to throw a basketball into the hoop at a certain height, or hit a golf ball at a certain angle in order to aim it.
Branching off from our last article, the game of volleyball itself was invented in 1895, and almost at once it swept around the world; not only as an official sport, but also as a pastime that could be described as one of the “crazed” varieties. Well, it didn’t just stop there; volleyball eventually made its way outdoors, to the beach!
It seems strange that a simple sport can do so much to a person, but it is not just a simple sport. To an outsider it is just volleyball, but to a player it is love, commitment, and family. It is a way to connect with people who become people in your life that are unforgettable. I have spent the past five years playing this sport with many different girls and I watched them as they grew up and went on to college and other things in life, and now I am that girl. I am now a senior in high school playing volleyball for the last year and I could not imagine what my life would be like if I had never tried this