Help Greatly Needed - Physics Of Golf

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The discussion centers on a student seeking urgent assistance with understanding the physics concepts of torque and angular momentum for a golf-related assignment. The student is using LoggerPro to analyze a sports video but feels inadequately prepared due to insufficient classroom instruction. They request recommendations for simple resources or direct explanations to grasp these concepts effectively. The urgency is emphasized by the approaching deadline for the assignment. The conversation highlights the challenges students face when educational support is lacking.
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Help Greatly Needed -- Physics Of Golf

dear physicist,

I have found myself in a predicament. With only two weeks of assignment time left, and a joke of a teacher for help, I desperately need some expert help. We are using LoggerPro to plot points on a sports-related video we have recorded. The point's time and distance representations are then used to explain what is going on in the video (yeh, what a great assignment).

I do not understand torque, or angular momentum. As an essential part of the topic, and one that should've been, but wasn't, covered in class, i feel i need some help on it. Please, if you know of any great sites that make it SIMPLE (i've tried many of the Google ones, to no avail), or if you could possibly be so kind as to explain it yourself, i would be extremely appreciative.

thankyou,
nelson
 
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