Physics of Sports Video
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Golf: Physics behind a full swing by Andre, Isabella,David, and AlexaFor this project we made a video explaining the physics behind a specific sport or action. We choose to find the physics of a full swing. This is a swing used in golf. Sometimes called a driver. This type of swing is for long distance. First we spent a couple of day making a storyboard and script. The storyboard was pictures that made a basic out line of how we wanted the video to look. The script was made of lines that we wanted to say in the video. It took a few days to get the video together. What took the most time to do was all the editing and reediting. In the end we completed our video. It turned out to be about two and half minutes long. The video explains about the full swing's momentum, velocity, and other force that play into the swing and distance of the ball. It also gives tips on how to improve a full swing.
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Calculation and ConceptsTo calculate all these number we scaled a video to real life. Scaling the video is basically using the math skill called proportions to find the real life lengths using different lengths. Like on a map it might say the every centimeter is one mile. In the case of the video we found out the one centimeter translate to about 13.5 centimeters in real life. Using this proportion we were able to find the lengths and distances need to plug into our force, velocity, momentum, and energy equations. The physics and engineering concepts we used in the video were; Concepts Description
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Reflection
I think the video turned out very good. It is clear and precise. Sure it took some time to edit the video, but it was worth it. I found out that I'm quite good at editing videos. I also learned that I can still work well even if given little time to finish. When our first video had wrong calculations and information we still were able to redo the calculations and fix the video in little time. I also liked my group's determination to make the video good and not just good enough. Even when we reached a point when our video could be considered done we kept working to made it better. At first though the group was a a bit slow at working and had a hard time working together. Probably just because it was a new group. We should have had double checked our calculations better the first time around so we didn't have to fix the problem so late into the project. At least we learned from our mistake and everything turned out good in the end. I could have been a better leader and made sure we were more focused at the start of the project and I myself should have been more focused on the project. Next time I have to be more focused on working on the task at hand and listen better to others ideas, thoughts, and feelings.