Physics of Sports Video: Physics of a Slapshot
Physics Of Sports: Hockey Slapshot
For our physics of sports video we decided to do the physics of a hockey slapshot. We decided to do a slapshot because one of our group members plays hockey and we wanted to do a sport that someone else would not most likely do. To start off we had to decide what sport we wanted to do for our video. Then we had to make the layout of what we wanted in our video. We then videoed, this toke us a while because we had to video in many different places. We toke the slow motion videos and broke them down to find out all the calculations we needed for the video. Finally we made a script to go along with the footage, Then we recorded our voices and put it in sync with our video.
Physics/Engineering concepts used in our video
Force~ any interaction that changes the motion of an object. We used the equation mv=ft to find the force of the hockey stick on the puck. We used the mass of the puck, the velocity of the puck, the time the stick hits the puck, and we solved for f (force) to get 224 newtons. We then had to convert that into about 50 pounds of force.
Velocity~ the rate of change of where the object is positioned. We used the equation v=d/t. We plugged in the time the puck was in in the air and the distance the puck traveled. We got a velocity of 26m/s, then we converted it to 58 miles per hour.
Vertical Velocity~ the rate an object travels upward due to gravity. We found our vertical velocity with the equation vertical velocity=(9.8m/s)(time). When we plugged in how long the puck was in the air to the equation we got 3.43m/s.
Gravity~ a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other. Gravity has a pull of 9.8m/s which is very important with velocity because it greatly affects how fast and how far the object goes.
Acceleration~ the rate at which the velocity of an object changes over time. Acceleration is a very important factor because the puck getting faster is how it gains its power.
Force~ force is any interaction which tends to change the motion of an object. We calculated force using force=mass times acceleration.
Reflections:
Im very happy how our video came out, I feel like it wasn’t to boring or long but it covered the concepts. We had a really good group so we ended up not having much conflict. We did have some difficulty video taping because the puck was black and it blended into the background so it was hard to see sometimes. I learned a lot about video editing during this project. I already had some experience with video editing in iMovie for fun, but I really got to know it a lot better and how to do do a lot more cool things with my video. I feel that learning how to use iMovie will help me in the future with any video editing and now I feel comfortable editing and making a good video. I also learned a lot about hockey. Since I play soccer and basketball I was never into hockey, but after this project I feel like I learned a lot about it. I didn’t even know what a slapshot was until this project. I also learned a lot of really interesting facts about hockey, like the hockey sick has a certain amount of flex that lets it bend to apply more force to the ball. Some things I could have improved on were including everyone, sometimes I would get really into editing the video I would forget to stop and ask my groups opinion or what they wanted to put in the video. I defiantly need to work on including everyone and making sure their ideas are heard to. I usually like to be in charge and be in control of everything, and I don’t like to depend on other people to do work. I should really try to step back and let other people input their ideas. Also I should try to be nicer, sometimes when things don’t go the right way I can be bossy. I need to be nicer to my team members and not be so bossy. Some things that went well on our project was our cooperation, our group didn’t have any arguments, maybe some misunderstandings but nothing huge. We also had very good time management, we got things done on time. We did have some difficulties videoing, the puck blended in with the background so we had to try quite a few locations before we were able to get a video where we could see the puck clearly. Also the puck travels very fast and it toke us many times video taping it to get some good videos. Also It toke us a while to record the voices. We would start the recording to early or we would just keep messing up and not saying the words wrong. This wasn’t a huge problem and we just go around it and kept going just fine. In conclusion our group worked very well together and we worked hard to get a good final product.
For our physics of sports video we decided to do the physics of a hockey slapshot. We decided to do a slapshot because one of our group members plays hockey and we wanted to do a sport that someone else would not most likely do. To start off we had to decide what sport we wanted to do for our video. Then we had to make the layout of what we wanted in our video. We then videoed, this toke us a while because we had to video in many different places. We toke the slow motion videos and broke them down to find out all the calculations we needed for the video. Finally we made a script to go along with the footage, Then we recorded our voices and put it in sync with our video.
Physics/Engineering concepts used in our video
Force~ any interaction that changes the motion of an object. We used the equation mv=ft to find the force of the hockey stick on the puck. We used the mass of the puck, the velocity of the puck, the time the stick hits the puck, and we solved for f (force) to get 224 newtons. We then had to convert that into about 50 pounds of force.
Velocity~ the rate of change of where the object is positioned. We used the equation v=d/t. We plugged in the time the puck was in in the air and the distance the puck traveled. We got a velocity of 26m/s, then we converted it to 58 miles per hour.
Vertical Velocity~ the rate an object travels upward due to gravity. We found our vertical velocity with the equation vertical velocity=(9.8m/s)(time). When we plugged in how long the puck was in the air to the equation we got 3.43m/s.
Gravity~ a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other. Gravity has a pull of 9.8m/s which is very important with velocity because it greatly affects how fast and how far the object goes.
Acceleration~ the rate at which the velocity of an object changes over time. Acceleration is a very important factor because the puck getting faster is how it gains its power.
Force~ force is any interaction which tends to change the motion of an object. We calculated force using force=mass times acceleration.
Reflections:
Im very happy how our video came out, I feel like it wasn’t to boring or long but it covered the concepts. We had a really good group so we ended up not having much conflict. We did have some difficulty video taping because the puck was black and it blended into the background so it was hard to see sometimes. I learned a lot about video editing during this project. I already had some experience with video editing in iMovie for fun, but I really got to know it a lot better and how to do do a lot more cool things with my video. I feel that learning how to use iMovie will help me in the future with any video editing and now I feel comfortable editing and making a good video. I also learned a lot about hockey. Since I play soccer and basketball I was never into hockey, but after this project I feel like I learned a lot about it. I didn’t even know what a slapshot was until this project. I also learned a lot of really interesting facts about hockey, like the hockey sick has a certain amount of flex that lets it bend to apply more force to the ball. Some things I could have improved on were including everyone, sometimes I would get really into editing the video I would forget to stop and ask my groups opinion or what they wanted to put in the video. I defiantly need to work on including everyone and making sure their ideas are heard to. I usually like to be in charge and be in control of everything, and I don’t like to depend on other people to do work. I should really try to step back and let other people input their ideas. Also I should try to be nicer, sometimes when things don’t go the right way I can be bossy. I need to be nicer to my team members and not be so bossy. Some things that went well on our project was our cooperation, our group didn’t have any arguments, maybe some misunderstandings but nothing huge. We also had very good time management, we got things done on time. We did have some difficulties videoing, the puck blended in with the background so we had to try quite a few locations before we were able to get a video where we could see the puck clearly. Also the puck travels very fast and it toke us many times video taping it to get some good videos. Also It toke us a while to record the voices. We would start the recording to early or we would just keep messing up and not saying the words wrong. This wasn’t a huge problem and we just go around it and kept going just fine. In conclusion our group worked very well together and we worked hard to get a good final product.