Sports Definition and 73 Threads

So, I have to do a two page essay on a sport for my gym class (I don't know why). It has to be an official sport, but I don't want to do something like soccer or basketball. Whats the most ridiculous sport you've heard of?

Is the collison of the olympic sport polevolting elastic or inelastic? The pole collides with the Earth and stays at that point until the polevolter let's go. So wouldn't you use the momentum equations to see how much momentum the polevolter has once he let's go of the pole? Which one of the...

100 students are surveyed about their sports. Each play at least 1 of the following sports. football, cricket and rugby. 56 play football, 51 play cricket, 55 play rugby, 24 play football and cricket, 21 play football and rugby, 28 play cricket and rugby. How many play all 3 games? I tried to...

Hi, here's an interesting question on EXTREME SPORTS! (tried to make the title interesting) hoping someone will verify my work/procedure in solving the que. or put me in the right direction :D Thank you! Homework Statement A waterboarder is at an angle of 25 degrees with respect to the...

It seems that watching sports may be too dangerous to be allowed to continue; at least based on the popular paradigm of banning all things bad. http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/healthday/080130/super-bowl-fans-should-heed-heart-risk-finding.htm Perhaps it would still be okay to allow...

Homework Statement A dedicated sports car enthusiast polishes the inside and outside surfaces of a hubcap that is a section of a sphere. When he looks into one side of the hubcap, he sees an image of his face 34.0 cm in back of the hubcap. He then turns the hubcap over, keeping it the same...

1. In bowling, is it better to use a lighter ball than a heavier ball? --- I'm guessing it's better to use a heavier ball because mass is directly proportional to momentum. Is this correct? 2. In billiards, what are the strategies in making a good break? 3. What is the winning strategy...

[FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="2"]Hey, today while watching the cricket I was fascinated by "Hawkeye" and how it predicted the ball trajectory, from the bowlers hand to a few metres past the batsmen. "Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in cricket, tennis and other sports to track the path of...

Why is it that I am more sore the 2nd day after my work-out rather than the next?

Homework Statement A sports car moving at constant speed travels 120 m in 4.7 s. If it then brakes and comes to a stop in 4.0 s, what is its acceleration? Express the answer in terms of g's, where g = 9.80 m/s2. (Take the positive direction to be the direction of travel.) Homework Equations...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but I'll give it a shot. I help administer a team sports organization that has propped up a points system for the purpose of rating the teams for an end of the year tournament. Teams accumulate points by playing in our events and the...

"Sports Illustrated Jinx": Regression to the Mean GENERAL BACKGROUND A few weeks ago, my uncles and others were discussing the so-called "Sports Illustrated Jinx", "Sophomore Jinx", and "Heisman Jinx". Statisticians have said that the Sports Illustrated Jinx, in particular, is not a jinx at...

My first year of college studies, was all about, well, studies. I had become such a bookworm that I hardly found any time for even casual sporting activities of any sort. So, come summer vacations I decided to join the local badminton club to pursue something serious. I joined yesterday but...

Recently someone has been stripped off the medals she has won over sports because she has consumed testosterone. But how can someone be accused of consuming testosterone if this chemical can be produced by the body itself? Will anyone be accused of consuming endorphins?

Wouldn't an extraterrestrial looking at the sports clubs think that people must be working hard to supply electricity? That they are running on giant dynamos? But isn't the reverse true, that sports machines consume, not generate, electricity? Is it merely a symbol of affluence (that is...

Homework Statement A survey was done to determine whether a sports store should carry stock for skiers. The proportions of people who participate in skiing, skating and racquet sports are as follows. skiing: 0.40 skating: 0.55 racket sports: 0.35 skiing and skating: 0.05 skiing and racket...

Hi I hope someone can help me on a question which is one of the biggest posers in athletics. You may be aware that the 100m record was recently tied & may be broken again. However, one record that seems like it may never be broken ( by general consensus of athletics fans ) is Michael...

In the short time that I've been here, I've noticed that no one has ever started a thread about sports!:confused: I don't know why that's so but I for enjoy both science and sports. I like the balance it puts in my life. Myself, I lift weights several times a week, do cardio, as well as...

[PLAIN]www.vanderbilt.edu/cso/SSI2003-Williamson/lessons/sportsonmoon/lesson.doc[/URL] In my physical science class I am doing a project roughly like the one seen above. I have to apply physics concepts and formulas to design a sport on the moon. I was told in the future NASA will probably be...

The graph shows the velocity v of a sports car as a function of time t . Use the graph to answer the following questions. 1.) Find the maximum acceleration a_max of the car Express your answer in meters per second squared to the nearest integer. a_max= _____________________ m/s^2...

Interview with Jon Entine: African-Americans in Sports January 18, 2000 BILL O'REILLY, HOST: I'm Bill O'Reilly. In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, why do blacks dominate the American sporting scene? African-Americans make up 66 percent of the National Football League, 77...

What musics do they usually play at Basketball, Hockey, games?? I heard them a lot, just didn't know what the names are.

Why do people get so attached to sports, that they must win, and killing and beating other fans as well?