The game of table tennis is a pastime that involves a great deal of understanding in order to become an expertise. The physics as well as mathematics are intriguing concepts to explore. These concepts help us better understand the game and how to become the best player one can possibly be. Newton’s laws of motion play a big role in this game. They affect major elements to the game and make the game interesting. Other major players in the game include air resistance, work, momentum, and torque. Ping pong is a sport played on a table with paddles and a ball. Two opposing players stand on opposite ends of the table. Their objective is to volley the ball back and forth over the net. The paddle is usually made from laminated wood covered with …show more content…
The amount of air resistance depends on a few factors. The two most common are the speed of the object and the cross-sectional area of the object. The faster an object is falling, the more air resistance there is. An object with a higher mass fall faster than an object with less mass in a situation with air resistance. This is unlike objects in free fall situations. The force created by air resistance eventually becomes large enough to balance the force of gravity. This means that the object has a net force of 0 N and has stopped accelerating. This state of the object is considered reaching a terminal velocity. Consider a golf ball compared to a ping pong ball. A golf ball weighs more giving it the larger force of gravity. It will fall considerably faster than the ping pong ball. This makes the ping pong ball an ideal candidate for the game of ping …show more content…
When a player exerts a force on a ping pong ball with the racket, the rackets exerts that force on the ball, and the ball exerts an equal force back onto the racket. This allows the ball to fly across the table to the other side where the opponent may do the same. A ping pong ball exhibits something called the magnus effect. This is an interesting occurrence where a spinning object flying through the air creates a whirlpool around itself and experiences a force perpendicular to the line of motion. The air effects causes a sideways force. There forces forces the ball to curve by moving faster on one side that the other. This may give you an advantage while fooling your opponent of the motion of the ball. Work is the force exerted on an object in the direction of motion multiplied by the object’s displacement. The ball’s displacement may not be changed due to the length of the table is only 3 meters long. The force is the only factor that may be increased or decreased. For example: A person hits the ping pong ball with force of 50 N and the displacement was recorded at 3 meters. What is the amount of work? W =
Racquetball is a competitive game in which a strung racquet is used to serve and return the ball.
Newton’s second law states that when a net force is applied to an object, that object will experience a change in velocity, and will undergo acceleration. That acceleration is proportional to the net force applied, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. In other words, the heavier an object is, it will require a greater force to move the object the same amount (e.g., distance) as a lighter object. ( https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/newton2.html)The mathematical equation that expresses Newton’s second law is:
Has tennis become more popular around the world? It is obvious that more and more people are starting to get involve in this sport. People that play tennis ranges from age 4 to 70 years old. Tennis players around the world have different game strategies and style of their own. Whether you focus more on offense or defense, it helps you to build your own style of game. Serve and volley is a game style or strategy often used by Australian tennis players. This strategy is not commonly seen because it requires higher fitness level and speed. An Australian player Patrick Rafter, currently ranked number three in the world of professional tennis uses the serve and volley technique. The concept of serve and volley is to intimidate the opponent by moving up towards the net after serving the ball.
Investigating How the Height From Which a Table Tennis Ball is Dropped Affects Its Bounce. When a table tennis ball is dropped onto a surface, it bounces. The height of the bounce depends upon a number of factors: the pressure of the air in the ball, the height from which it is dropped, its. material, mass and temperature; the type of floor surface, its temperature and its angle and the acceleration due to gravity. temperature and the air resistance of the air that the ball will pass.
The following instructions apply to right-handed players as well as left-handed players with the slight adjustment in the use of opposite hands and feet. Before you begin to serve the ball, you would have to stand behind the baseline, on the opposite side of the service box. If you are serving towards your opponent’s right service box, you should be standing on the right side of your court. ...
...spinning the ball. Therefore, the serve that has the minimum time in air is struck when the volleyball is hit with topspin towards the end line. In addition, if the server likes to serve cross-court, even though this does not affect the overall time, it can be utilized to serve the ball harder and perhaps catch off-guard the opponent players, resulting to a pass.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion. It states, “The force acting on an object is equal to the mass of that object times its acceleration (Lucas, paragraph 2).” Mike 's car, which weighs 1,000 kg, is out of gas. Mike is trying to push the car to a gas station, and he makes the car go 0.05 m/s/s. Using Newton 's Second Law, you can compute how much force Mike is applying to the car with this formula ( F= 1,000 x 0.05 which equals 50 newtons). This is easy,
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.
pong game, with two floating paddles and ball that bounced off the walls. A sonar-blip
Chapter 14 obtain the principle of work and energy by combined the equation of motion in the tangential direction, ƩFt = mat with kinematics equation at ds = v dv. For application, the free body diagram of the particle should be drawn in order to identify the forces that do work. However, Chapter 18 use kinetic energy that the sum of both its rotational and translational kinetic energy and work done by all external forces and couple moments acting on the body as the body moves from its initial to its final position. For application of Chapter 18, a free-body diagram should be drawn in order to account for the work of all of the forces and couple moments that act on the body as it moves along the
Tennis is a sport that many people love to play. It is not the hardest sport in the world to learn. When playing against someone, it is called a match. Tennis can be played one on one or a doubles match. The main object of the game is to hit the ball over the net, inside of the lines so that the opponent can't get to it. There are two lines about two feet parallel to each other that outline the court. In a singles match, the inner line is the out of bound line, while the outer line is out of bounds in a doubles match. If you want to play, take a look at my two favorite tennis players because they are masters at serving and scoring, a few key aspects of the game.
Sports are a great way to bring people together and encourage friendly competition among people from all walks of life. In general, a sport is usually some form of physical game or activity performed by two or more people. One such example would be golf, often dubbed the "rich man 's sport" throughout its history. Golf has undergone many changes since its creation in the early 15th century, but has remained one of the more expensive sports as far as equipment costs go. When discussing the impact that different technological advancements in the materials used in golf have had, I 'm mainly looking at how these adjustments have improved performance.
Hearing the loud “thump” as the ball hits the racket is extremely satisfying, especially if your life now revolves around this fast-paced and exhilarating sport. Tennis is an outdoor game played by two individuals or pairs of players on a clay or grass court that’s divided by a low net. Each game is played with tennis rackets and small, yellow elastic balls. Tennis was first introduced in Wales and the United Kingdom in 1873 by “Major Walter Wingfield” (tennistheme.com). While most sports are easy to pick up, tennis takes extreme dedication to learn how to play the game, to perfect the amount of technique it takes, as well as its great impact on one’s personal life.
Passing is perhaps one of the most important components of the sport. A game would be impossible without the assistance of passing and team work. To successfully carryout a pass, many factors have to be taken into account. In order to begin a pass, first a player must exert a force on the basketball. Once the ball leaves the hands of the player, it becomes a projectile. A projectile is acted upon by two independent forces: the x and y components. The x component is the force exerted on the ball by the player while the y component is pulled by the force of gravity, -9.8m/s². As a result of the independent components, the ball will travel in a downward parabolic path, or trajectory. Since the ball travels a downward path, the player throws the ball towards a target located a little higher than where the player wishes the ball would go in order to compensate for the downward path. Another factor that affects the successfulnes...
In a one hour match of tennis, a male can burn as many as 600 calories and a female can burn up to 420 (Groppel); tennis also raises optimism and lowers risk of depression and anxiety (Ogoen). Tennis improves cardiovascular health and mental health as well as encourages social behavior. Tennis includes many different grips and techniques that enable the ball to have different types of spin. Tennis is also great for children and the community. Tennis is a sport that improves the community through being more physically, mentally, and socially active.