PHYSICS OF SPORTS
What Was Our Video About?
Our goal for the physics of sports video was to create an instructional lesson that a player would be able to learn form. They would want to learn how to correctly do the move itself and then the science behind it. For our video Nick, Jovias, Dante and I decided to show how to do a football tackle. In this video we use an actual San Marin game video to demonstrate a real tackle in a professional game. Jovais and Dante gave a walk-through step by step on the different moves and parts of completing a safe tackle. Then after executing a safe tackle Nick and Jovias tell us a little bit about what happens on the physics side of the tackle. They tell us the Average weight of the high school football player and the amount of gear that they carry. Then the calculate the velocity and the impact that occurs when two players collide. Their descriptions have text to keep the watcher from getting lost on the mass of calculations and words. To see more of what we did and hear the in depth physics, just watch the video.
Concepts
When we first started to make our calculations, we gathered the total weight for an average freshman football player, which was 130 ponds. we also gathered the average weight of the gear for a football player which was around 20 pounds. After we gathered this, we converted it into68.03 kilograms. Since we didn't do real physical contact in class or anything because that would be too dangerous, all of our information is based on the game clip. The total that the player was running was 2.95 seconds in a distance of 11.43 meters which the player was running. After we used the equation v= distance over time we found the force that the player brought down the other player was 777.38 newtons. Also using the same equation we found the total velocity that the player ran in with, which was 3.87 meters per second. After used impulse which is force times time which was 17.61 newton seconds and the momentum which is mass times velocity and got 33.71 kilograms meters per second, the momentum was used in the tackle.
What I Learned
This video, being the second project we've done this year, has also brought many learning experiences. Learning to work with people is an acquired skill, particularly when you can't see eye to eye on many aspects of the project and how things should be completed. Sometimes the best option in attempting to be successful working together is just to do your own thing. That can be particularly difficult in a PBL situation. Sometimes you just have to figure out what has to be done together and then do your part separately. Since this video was a something that had to be film edited that brought along another learning experience. Only use a reputable editing program or app, trust me on this. It will save time and bring less stress into your life. Something that is different with a video is that you have to keep your watcher entertained, there can't be one long drawn out part with nothing to change things up so that made a little more work such as adding visuals and cutting the videos in an appealing way. Overall this project was also a major learning experience and a test on my patience, but after all, with every experience good or bad, there is an opportunity for learning.
Our goal for the physics of sports video was to create an instructional lesson that a player would be able to learn form. They would want to learn how to correctly do the move itself and then the science behind it. For our video Nick, Jovias, Dante and I decided to show how to do a football tackle. In this video we use an actual San Marin game video to demonstrate a real tackle in a professional game. Jovais and Dante gave a walk-through step by step on the different moves and parts of completing a safe tackle. Then after executing a safe tackle Nick and Jovias tell us a little bit about what happens on the physics side of the tackle. They tell us the Average weight of the high school football player and the amount of gear that they carry. Then the calculate the velocity and the impact that occurs when two players collide. Their descriptions have text to keep the watcher from getting lost on the mass of calculations and words. To see more of what we did and hear the in depth physics, just watch the video.
Concepts
When we first started to make our calculations, we gathered the total weight for an average freshman football player, which was 130 ponds. we also gathered the average weight of the gear for a football player which was around 20 pounds. After we gathered this, we converted it into68.03 kilograms. Since we didn't do real physical contact in class or anything because that would be too dangerous, all of our information is based on the game clip. The total that the player was running was 2.95 seconds in a distance of 11.43 meters which the player was running. After we used the equation v= distance over time we found the force that the player brought down the other player was 777.38 newtons. Also using the same equation we found the total velocity that the player ran in with, which was 3.87 meters per second. After used impulse which is force times time which was 17.61 newton seconds and the momentum which is mass times velocity and got 33.71 kilograms meters per second, the momentum was used in the tackle.
What I Learned
This video, being the second project we've done this year, has also brought many learning experiences. Learning to work with people is an acquired skill, particularly when you can't see eye to eye on many aspects of the project and how things should be completed. Sometimes the best option in attempting to be successful working together is just to do your own thing. That can be particularly difficult in a PBL situation. Sometimes you just have to figure out what has to be done together and then do your part separately. Since this video was a something that had to be film edited that brought along another learning experience. Only use a reputable editing program or app, trust me on this. It will save time and bring less stress into your life. Something that is different with a video is that you have to keep your watcher entertained, there can't be one long drawn out part with nothing to change things up so that made a little more work such as adding visuals and cutting the videos in an appealing way. Overall this project was also a major learning experience and a test on my patience, but after all, with every experience good or bad, there is an opportunity for learning.