Introduction.
- qualifications
- organization
- evaluation
- schedule for tests.
1. Naked eye physics of sports
- Give a feeling for the time scales and distance scales that are involved.
- response time. propagation of signals
- speeds attained
- accuracy of movement
- power and energy produced
- Discuss scaling phenomena of above.
- Method for finding the scientific truth
- Cargo cult science
- Measurment of time by counting, U got rythm.
- Measure catch the dollar bill
2. History of Sports physics
- Horsemanship through the ages.
- Ancient olympics. Jumping sprinting
- Technology innovation in boat propulsion
- Diving
- Martial arts
3. Kinematics
- one dimensional motion
- two dimensional motion
- as viewed in different frames
4. Kinematics with Acceleration
5.Dynamics and Energy
6. Laws of Conservation
- Production of work
- Energy source
- You don't get something for nothing
- 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Not only don't you get something for nothing, you lose a lot of it.
- collisions and linear momentum conservation. You can get a lot more velocity on the ball.
Advertising cons you into thinking you're the one
You can do what's never been done
Meanwhile life goes on all around you.
Bob Dylan
9. Muscle mass. How to get and and how to care and feed it.
- Strength training
- Neurological training
- Agonists and antagonists
- Training cycle
- Endurance muscles
10. Muscle length and athletic movement
- Backswing and preparation
- Rowing and cycling
- Dead weight
- Force and speed relation in muscles
- Optimizing power delivered
- Getting and spending. High speed and high power
- Whip action applied to golf and baseball
- Tennis racket and bat sweet spots
7. Rotational Dynamics and Kinematics.
Angular momentum
How to use changing angular momentum
- skating
- diving
- gymnastics
- The cat problem.
8. Effects of fluids and spin
Guest lecturer, Tom Steiger for the week of 1 June/98.
- Lift and Drag
- The curve ball, the knuckle ball, rising fast balls.
- Tennis
- Golf
- Basketball
- Rowing and paddling
- Sailing. Why do sailboards go so fast?
- Flying and how we use "lift" in many sports.
- Newton's way of thinking of this.
Scientific investigations.
- Data logging.
- Video recording and analysis
- Tools used in physics of sports.
