Chapter 5: Shooting
Part 1: Overview
Shooting is the main goal in the sport of basketball as to win you need to have more points compared to your opponent.
There are many different types of shots in basketball but the fundamental type of shots that is applied in all other forms is the jump shot.
The jump shot is a method of shooting a basketball, it involves transferring of energy from the lower part of the body (core & legs) into the projectile motion of the basketball.
So firstly the main power of this form of shooting comes from the core and lower body, so the feet must be in a comfortable position, then the lower part of the body contracts, this causes a storage of inertia. Then like a coiled spring the player exerts this force between the floor and the player’s feet, causing an elevation of the player jumping and also the upward motion of the shooters body transfers energy into the player’s body, …show more content…
Knowing that Force = Mass x Acceleration, and with knowledge that the mass remains consistent, the equation can be rearranged to Acceleration = Force ÷ Mass. So understanding this information to cause the ball to move with a faster acceleration more force must be applied resulting in a larger resultant force causing a quicker speed in the given direction. Meaning a player can shoot quicker dependant on the force provided.
Also using Newton’s 3rd law, this provides information of how the balls displacement is due to transfer of energy between the player and the basketball, Newton’s 3rd law says that each force has an equal and opposite reaction force. So in the sport of basketball regarding shooting, to cause the basketball to move into the air, the players arm exerts a force onto the basketball and in return the basketball exerts a force onto the shooter in return which can be called the weight of the
Part 1: Overview
Shooting is the main goal in the sport of basketball as to win you need to have more points compared to your opponent.
There are many different types of shots in basketball but the fundamental type of shots that is applied in all other forms is the jump shot.
The jump shot is a method of shooting a basketball, it involves transferring of energy from the lower part of the body (core & legs) into the projectile motion of the basketball.
So firstly the main power of this form of shooting comes from the core and lower body, so the feet must be in a comfortable position, then the lower part of the body contracts, this causes a storage of inertia. Then like a coiled spring the player exerts this force between the floor and the player’s feet, causing an elevation of the player jumping and also the upward motion of the shooters body transfers energy into the player’s body, …show more content…
Knowing that Force = Mass x Acceleration, and with knowledge that the mass remains consistent, the equation can be rearranged to Acceleration = Force ÷ Mass. So understanding this information to cause the ball to move with a faster acceleration more force must be applied resulting in a larger resultant force causing a quicker speed in the given direction. Meaning a player can shoot quicker dependant on the force provided.
Also using Newton’s 3rd law, this provides information of how the balls displacement is due to transfer of energy between the player and the basketball, Newton’s 3rd law says that each force has an equal and opposite reaction force. So in the sport of basketball regarding shooting, to cause the basketball to move into the air, the players arm exerts a force onto the basketball and in return the basketball exerts a force onto the shooter in return which can be called the weight of the