History of Basketball

Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball. The concept of basketball was born out of his early school days when he played a simple game known as duck-on-a-rock outside his schoolhouse. The game involved attempting to knock a "duck" off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it. Naismith served at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, and this is where the sport of basketball was born. Naismith was faced with the challenge of finding a sport that was suitable for play inside during the winter for the students. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. The very first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. After that, he devised a set of rules for that early game and basketball was created.

Physics Concepts


Physics of Basketball






This is the video we created to show some of the relationship
between basketball and Physics using some concepts.
































Concepts:

Velocity - speed in a given direction. Therefore, velocity would change if either the speed or direction changes in a given amount of time.

Projectile - is any object projected into space by exertion of force.

Force - any influence that causes an object to undergo a change in speed, a change in direction, or a change in shape.

Gravity- is a natural phenomenon by which physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass.In basketball, if there's no gravity, the ball would probably be floating in the air after it is thrown and for me, it's not fun at all.

Momentum - is mass in motion. If you are moving, then you have momentum. To increase the momentum, mass is a factor for it.

Elastic collision-  is defined as one in which there is no loss of kinetic energy in the collision. This concept may be seen when the ball bounces from the ground up to the one who dribbles it.


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