Session APS1: Fundamental Physics and Physics in Sports
8:00 AM–9:00 AM, Saturday, October 14, 2006
Holy Cross College Room: Haberlin 236
Chair: Paul Oxley, Holy Cross College
Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.NEF.APS1.3
Abstract: APS1.00003 : The Physics of Sports: A Physicist's View
8:24 AM–8:36 AM
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Author:
James Faller
(JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology)
In this talk, I will present a physicist's way of looking at various aspects of sports. In particular, I will focus the discussion on how one might improve or enhance performance by thinking as a physicist about the processes involved. Examples that will be discussed will range from why hockey sticks are (today) curved to why good (basketball) dribbling should be ``heard.'' I will present several examples of the benefits of effecting efficiency in motion. This talk will draw on portions of presentations that I have given in the Boulder-Denver area during the past 30 years on the physics of sports. In all these presentations, my purpose was to teach and develop student interest in physics while talking about -- and showing the relevance of physics to -- sports.
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