I was watching a baseball game soon after receiving this assignment, and I realized, being a baseball player myself, that there was a lot of physics involved in the play of the sport. I play in the outfield, which means a lot of running around, and I realized that the way I play in that position relates to our recent topics of displacement, velocity, and acceleration. While waiting for the pitch to be thrown and the ball to be hit, I stand still waiting, my velocity at 0 m/s. When I see that the ball is a line drive hit in front of me, I run in, accelerating as fast as I can toward the ball, until I reach my peak velocity. I catch the ball while I am running in, maintaining a constant velocity, then take a small hop to slow my velocity a little before I throw: some negative acceleration. After I gun the ball in to the catcher and get the runner tagged out, I stutter my feet so I have even more negative acceleration until my velocity is zero. When the play is finished, I run back, with a negative velocity, until I am at my original position. At this point, my displacement has become zero. Even in a play as common as the one I just described, physics is a major factor that contributes to the overall action.
MiKEY what a pro baseballer! :) i didnt know you played outfield.. maybe ill come watch one of your games this yearr! :)
ReplyDelete"after i gun the runner out." what a cocky guy. haha nah good job on the blog bro.
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