During the month of October, STEM Marin worked on calculating the physics of a particular sport. The sport that my group chose was basketball, and the specific part of basketball that we focused on was shooting a three-pointer. We put our calculated physics into the video shown above.
There were many things that we had to calculate to finish the video. These things included:
1. Force of Impact (mv=Ft): Amount of force exerted when two objects collide.
2. Momentum(P=mv): Tendency of a moving object to keep movng. (how hard it would be to stop)
3. Impulse(J=Ft): How long and how forcefully something is pushed. (amount of shove)
4. Vertical Velocity (Vvert = ag(t)): The rate of covered vertical distance.
5. Horizontal Velocity (v horiz = d horiz/t): The rate of covered horizontal distance.
6.Total Velocity (use Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse between Vvert and Vhoriz):The rate of covered diagonal distance.
Other key terms that we used were covered in my Rube Goldberg page, which is included in this website as well.
OUR JOURNEY
Our journey started with us deciding on our sport. This step was quite easy because we had many basketball players in our group. Once we found our sport, which was basketball, we found our specific task. The task that we chose was shooting a three pointer. Next, we started laying out what our video was going to look like. Below is a picture of what our rough plan was. During the process of laying down a rough outline, I made one of the largest contributions, which was calculating the physics. This took many tries, and took a while to complete. There were a lot of hidden steps in a three-pointer that I was unaware of. For instance, we needed to calculate the velocity of the ball in three places, the force applied to the ball, the force of impact on the hoop and the ground, and the angles at which the ball was thrown.
There were many things that we had to calculate to finish the video. These things included:
1. Force of Impact (mv=Ft): Amount of force exerted when two objects collide.
2. Momentum(P=mv): Tendency of a moving object to keep movng. (how hard it would be to stop)
3. Impulse(J=Ft): How long and how forcefully something is pushed. (amount of shove)
4. Vertical Velocity (Vvert = ag(t)): The rate of covered vertical distance.
5. Horizontal Velocity (v horiz = d horiz/t): The rate of covered horizontal distance.
6.Total Velocity (use Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse between Vvert and Vhoriz):The rate of covered diagonal distance.
Other key terms that we used were covered in my Rube Goldberg page, which is included in this website as well.
OUR JOURNEY
Our journey started with us deciding on our sport. This step was quite easy because we had many basketball players in our group. Once we found our sport, which was basketball, we found our specific task. The task that we chose was shooting a three pointer. Next, we started laying out what our video was going to look like. Below is a picture of what our rough plan was. During the process of laying down a rough outline, I made one of the largest contributions, which was calculating the physics. This took many tries, and took a while to complete. There were a lot of hidden steps in a three-pointer that I was unaware of. For instance, we needed to calculate the velocity of the ball in three places, the force applied to the ball, the force of impact on the hoop and the ground, and the angles at which the ball was thrown.
After figuring out the outline, we began scripting the video. As you can see below, we made our script on Google Docs and made it very clear to who was going to voice-over, and at what time.
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After scripting, we finally began to film. We had to script before filming because we needed to know the details of the clips that we were going to film. We needed to know the speed and lengths of the clips, the order of the clips, and the content. If we hadn't scripted beforehand, there is a large chance that we wouldn't have gotten the correct amount of content on video. After getting many clips on video, it was finally time to edit. Editing for us was definitely the hardest part. The song was hard to put in the background, and the voice overs were never exact. Once we completely edited the video, we definitely weren't done yet. We needed to upload it to Youtube, and that caused us many issues. After about 10 tries over the course of four days, it was uploaded and we were ready to go.
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REFLECTION
Over all, I enjoyed working with my group and I feel like we did a good job. We faced our difficulties, and we had our triumphs, but most of all, we learned along the way. There were many points in time where we could and should have improved, but for the most part, we worked hard. I think that the main concept that we could have improved on was time management. Our issue wasn't that we were too slow, it was that we went too fast. We were left with extra time that could have been spent making edits and details. It wasn't until we were nearing the deadline that we realized we should have taken our time. This left us rushed and disoriented.
Other than time management issues, I really enjoyed this project. My favorite part was editing because even though it was difficult, it was also extremely fun to play around with what looks visually appealing. I felt that I really grew and learned a lot during this project. I improved my leadership skills, and have learned to share my ideas and let others' shine as well. The workload balance is extremely important during group work, and I feel that my group really improved in that region.
I really hope that our physics of sports video can help a basketball player in the future.
Over all, I enjoyed working with my group and I feel like we did a good job. We faced our difficulties, and we had our triumphs, but most of all, we learned along the way. There were many points in time where we could and should have improved, but for the most part, we worked hard. I think that the main concept that we could have improved on was time management. Our issue wasn't that we were too slow, it was that we went too fast. We were left with extra time that could have been spent making edits and details. It wasn't until we were nearing the deadline that we realized we should have taken our time. This left us rushed and disoriented.
Other than time management issues, I really enjoyed this project. My favorite part was editing because even though it was difficult, it was also extremely fun to play around with what looks visually appealing. I felt that I really grew and learned a lot during this project. I improved my leadership skills, and have learned to share my ideas and let others' shine as well. The workload balance is extremely important during group work, and I feel that my group really improved in that region.
I really hope that our physics of sports video can help a basketball player in the future.