Velocity: Is the speed of which a bullet travels.…
Horizontal Equation of motion: Vertical Equation of motion: Range: The maximum horizontal distance traveled by the projectile Hang-Time: How long a projectile stays in the…
Weight: (the gravitational force) the force of gravity pulling an object down. Lift: the force that pushes object upwards. Aerodynamics: the way air moves around things. Aerodynamic design can either speed up or slow down the speed of air moving around an object.…
Shotguns could fire many small spherical pellets called shot, or they could fire a solid projectile called a slug. A shotgun is usually a smoothbore firearm, which means that the inside of the barrel does not have the spiral grooves used to spin a projectile in the long barrel. The energy in any one ball of shot is fairly low, due to the pellets splitting upon leaving the barrel and the power being split between all the pellets. There are also semi-automatic shotgun. These guns use gas, inertia, or recoil action to increase the rate of fire of the shotgun.…
They also rely heavily on three point shooting they have that live or die mentality. During the regular season they ranked second behind Michigan State shooting 43.2% from behind the arc. That success has carried over during the tournament and they have yet to experience an ice-cold night that could spell their undoing and send them packing, but if they're knocking down their shots and Hield continues to be unstoppable Oklahoma may reach the top of the mountain and cut down the nets in Houston.…
Do you know the correct way to shoot a basketball? Coach King, my basketball coach, was the first to teach me how to shoot a basketball correctly. After having a little sister to share my experience with. She began playing basketball at the age of nine and she started to ask some questions about the sport. This experience showed me a new career I may want to pursue some day.…
With no time left on the clock, my heart was pounding. The chaotic shouting from the crowd was all I could hear. Non-stop I listened to everyone in the gymnasium say “take your time” or “you can do it Sara”. This was the start of my junior year of basketball that has completely changed my life for the better.…
Projectile Motion plays a big role in many things such as sports. Projectile motion is an object or body moving through air (Oregon State University). An example of projectile motion is launching or throwing a ball in the air. Projection angle, speed, and relative height of the projection (landing height) all are three factors of projectile trajectory.…
Within this paper, I recall and expand on my experience at the recreation center, where I observed the individuals who came to play basketball. The observations are primarily of the interactions occurring at the basketball court, but I touch on the weather and reasons for walking to the location as well. As an extremely antisocial person, it took me awhile to finally go, but I was willing to give it a shot. It was a saturday with fair skys and a nice breeze. I decided to walk to the recreation center, as it was a glorious day and not to far away.…
First off you have semi-automatic that shoots one time every time you pull the trigger, often found used for hand guns. Next is bolt action, you have to pull a lever or bolt back and then load your round unless it has clip, these are found in rifles or longer ranged firearms. Shotguns shoot shells that either hold ammo called bird shot or slugshot. Shotguns areloaded with a swift pump action cock then loaded with either bird shot or slug shot. Bird shot shoots multiple small bullets for more of a burst affect , slug shot is one…
The Concussion While growing up my life had always been about basketball. My life was always dedicated to practice and games, there was not very much time for anything else like friends birthday parties or movies. My life would always revolve around either basketball or school. Right after school I would go straight to basketball and right when basketball would end I would go home and do my homework. I did not know what to do to balance everything out, my grades were never bad but they weren’t what I wanted them to be.…
Movement analysis is a major key in sports as it dissects the certain movement of muscles and joints to perform a certain action in the sport. A basketball jump shot uses all of the movement phases, from the stance phase, preparatory phase, movement phase, follow-through phase and recovery phase. The jump shot has gradually evolved in the NBA, and is considered one of the most important and most commonly used shot in basketball. There are many sharpshooters in the NBA, like Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Carmelo Anthony who master the jump shot, and they excel in the little details of these phases, which helps them excel in their craft. These phases are truly important in a basketball jump shot…
Trebuchets and Catapults Trebuchets and catapults have a significant impact in history. In the past, people such as the Arabs, Romans, and Greeks used them in war all the way up till the Medieval Era. In fact, these machines may have been major turning points towards winning certain wars. The creativity of people at that time ultimately made them the inventors of a new technology that would clear the way for more improvements. However, trebuchets and catapults were built for separate purposes.…
One of the main focal points of the game of basketball is the art of shooting. Basketball was originally founded in 1891 by an inventor named James Naismith. Naismith was a canadian that came south to pursue his education in physical education. In his time working at a YMCA, (Young Men’s Christian Association) training school, Naismith wanted to create a game that athletes could play during the winter. The game of basketball started as just five players on each team trying to toss a soccer ball into peach baskets that were nailed to balconies at each end of the gym.…
There once was a guy that always got bullied, because he was bad at all sports. One day I got a idea to go play some basketball with my brother. I started walking to my brothers room to go tell him to go outside. " Triston do you want to go shoot some hoops?…