Volleyball is a major part of my life. Not only do I enjoy playing it, I love watching and supporting at the collegiate level. This is a picture of the University of Hawaii mens volleyball team vs. University of the Pacific. The setter, Nejc Zemljak is setting the ball to the middle blocker, Shane Welch. Every time Zemjak sets the ball, it will always have the same pattern of velocity and acceleration when it goes um and comes down. We learned this in the ball toss lab that we did this week. However, when Zemljak sets his hitters and once the hitter contacts the ball, the velocity increases because the time it takes for the ball to reach somewhere (the ground or the arms of the opposing teams player) becomes lessened because the speed of the ball is so fast over time.
I appreciate how you use a subject that you care about to demonstrate kinematics. The graphs in class did show that the speed and acceleration of an object is constant during free fall but it changes when it contacts another source
ReplyDeleteOhhhh maahhh gawd! Big Red! Nice relation Allie! Mens Volleyball <3
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