Goal: Our goal was to create an informational video behind the physics of a sport, and how to increase performance in said sport.
Physics: Our first clip is a clip of Ray Allen, a basketball player on the Miami Heat, who is widely regarded as the best 3-point shooter. The clip demonstrates his release time as he shoots the ball. His release time is shown to be 0.73 seconds.
Our second clip is a clip of my group member, Ely Rossman, making a 3-point shot. His release time is 0.70 seconds, only 0.03 seconds less than Ray Allen!
Our group calculated both Ray Allen's and Ely's force while shooting. Ray Allen exerted a force of 7.1 N, and Ely exerted a force of 7.75 N, only a difference of 0.65 N. The reason why Ely needed to exert more force was because his apex was shorter than that of Ray Allen's, and as such he needed more force to get the ball higher.
We found the velocities of the balls as well. Ely's ball had a horizontal velocity of 3.76 m/s, a vertical velocity of 7.84m/s, and a total velocity of 8.7m/s. Ray Allen's ball had a horizontal velocity of 5.84m/s, a vertical velocity of 5.88m/s, and a total velocity of 8.29m/s. Once again, Ely's apex comes into play, as he needs more vertical velocity to get the ball higher (as it is moving against the acceleration due to gravity).
Next, we asked Tony Nilsen a few questions.
The first question we asked was "What is the most important aspect of shooting a 3-point shot?". His answer was that the most important aspect was holding the ball until you finish shooting.
The second question we asked was "Why is that the most important aspect?". He replied with "It gives you confidence" and "It gets spin on the ball to help guide it into the hoop".
Finally, we asked him "What advice can you give to new coming players?". His response was that new coming players should listen to the coach and be the hardest working kid out there.
Reflection:
A huge pit for this project was how often Weebly decides to delete my updates. Like just now, right after I emailed that the update was complete. Other than that, it was a huge peak to work with Ely, Sasha, and Bella. They were all fun to work with, and they were helpful as well. Even though it was a pit that we all didn't know enough about iMovie, trial and error in addition to Google were great solutions to guide us through creating our video. I am quite happy with how our project turned out, and overall this was a great project to work on, especially with the new peers I collaborated with.