I'm sure all the Juniors would agree with me that this years homecoming was the best EVER. Our lip sync owned and our cheer was awesome :) I've watched the videos of both numerous times on facebook. They're just so good (sigh) The homecoming game was the perfect way to end the week. It was fun and I had the opportunity to spend quality time with some of my friends, hence the picture. As with all other sports, there are many physics concepts involved in the game of football. Projectile motion, forces, momentum, impulse and collisions to name a few. Projectile motion can be seen in the path of the ball when the quarterback throws it to a fellow teammate. It seems that football is a game of collisions. In this game, people purposefully run into each other over and over again. This is why football players must wear heavy padding to protect their bodies. They collide with a lot of force! You could calculate the momentum of an individual football player if you knew their mass and velocity since p=mv. You could also calculate the impulse when they collide, in a variety of ways actually since J=F△t=△P=m△v. Probably the easiest way would be to find their change in velocity and then multiply that by their mass.
Gosh I still feel pumped up from last week! It was sheer awesomeness. Now back to regular school :(
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