Shooting Diagrams
In this picture the player (Stephen Curry) is jumping off the ground with force, and created friction. As he shoots he is giving off force from his hand to get the ball to the rim. When the ball releases to the air it is experiencing fluid friction, velocity by gaining speed, acceleration, and gravity pulling down on it.. Everything works together to affect a ball in the air and before released.
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This diagram represents the your shot angles. When you put force from your hand to the ball to shoot the ball is launched at a certain angle. The proper angle would be 52 degrees, but the higher the ball is arched the more likely chance of going in. In the video tab you see angles talked about a lot. The angle is key because the force from your hand comes from the tension in your elbow and wrist. Each part has an angle to lead to your ark on your shot. In the picture above you see the chances of the ball increasing depending on the angle coming towards the hoop.
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Dribbling Diagram
Focusing on the dribbling factor of this photo there is much friction happening. Stephen Curry of the Golden State warriors is putting force on the ball to bounce on the floor. This bouncing motion is called static friction due to the the contact with the floor in a repeating numbers. In Newtons third law he states,"The size of the forces on the fist object equals the size of the force on the second object." This meaning the ball will return just as much force is given. Now if the player picks up the ball it means no force is being applied and the ball friction just stops. Newtons first law states," An object at rest will stay at rest until an unbalanced forces acts upon." This is where the unbalanced force comes in and picks up the ball. The ball in this sport has science written all over it! You just got to look closely.