SCIENCE

PHYSICS
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

Name:- Shlok Gupta

Class:- 9 C
th

Roll No. :- 34
NEWTON’S THREE
LAWS
OF
MOTION IN SPORT
SIR ISAAC NEWTON DEVELOPED THREE IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLES RELATED TO DYNAMICS. WE SEE THE
APPLICATION OF NEWTON’S THREE LAWS OF MOTION IN
OUR DAILY LIFE AND ACTIVITIES. WHETHER THROUGH
WALKING TO SCHOOL OR SITTING ON A CHAIR, THESE
LAWS ARE IN EFFECT EVERYWHERE. SPORTS ARE BETTER
UNDERSTOOD WHEN HAVING A FIRM KNOWLEDGE OF
THESE THREE LAWS, AND AS WE BETTER UNDERSTAND
THEM, IT MAKES MORE AND MORE SENSE WHY CERTAIN
ACTIONS AND MOTIONS BEHAVE CERTAIN WAYS.
 NEWTON’S FIRST
LAW OF MOTION
“Newton’s First Law of Motion: A body will remain at rest or keep
moving at a constant speed unless it is acted upon by a force (law of
inertia).”

The law of inertia is easily noticeable and applicable in all

sorts of situations, including in sports. Inertia keeps an object
moving in motion in a straight line at a constant speed or a
stationary object at rest. This concept applies to most sports
and is crucial in understanding sports movement and
techniques.
 EXAMPLE
IN
SPORTS
• Throwing A Ball :-
• When a ball is thrown and is in mid-air, the only force acting upon it is the force of gravity. If the
force of gravity did not exist, the ball would keep travelling at a constant speed until it was affected
by an object or if another person touched it. If this ball was thrown upwards, it would end up
travelling into space!
• Movement of a Puck in Hockey :-
• With the hockey puck, it will glide on the near-frictionless ice when in motion. Although there is
some frictional force, it is minimal, so the puck will only come to a stop when it hits another object,
including a player and his/her stick, the net, or the boards. Once the puck hits one of these objects,
 NEWTON’S SECOND
LAW OF MOTION
• ‘Newton’s Second Law of Motion: If the external net force on an object is not zero, the object accelerates in the
direction of the net force. The acceleration is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportion to the
net force and inversely proportional to the object’s mass.’
• What exactly does this mean? Basically no acceleration will occur if the net force actin . Often, there are multiple
forces acting on an object, so all forces must be considered when determining the mass and the acceleration of the
object in question. Free body diagrams allow us to determine what forces are acting on an object at any given time
and provide a visual representation of how these forces are affecting the motion of an object. This law helps us
mathematically determine the acceleration objects experience, such as the acceleration of a hockey puck once it has
been passed or shot. As well, it helps us determine other quantities in kinematics, such as velocity, displacement,
and time .
 EXAMPLE
IN
• Tennis :-
SPORTS
• In tennis, the acceleration of the player’s racket will allow a maximum amount of force to be applied to the ball, which in turn
will travel at speeds up to 160 mph!
• Throwing a Ball :-
• Newton’s Second Law applies to throwing a football, baseball and basketball. If the same amount of force is applied to each
ball, a baseball will have a much greater acceleration than a football with all else being equal. This is because the mass of the
football is more than three times greater (397–425 g) than a baseball (142–149 g). However, if a basketball was thrown with
this same force, the football would travel further than the basketball since the basketball weighs more (624 g) than a football.
Although the size and shape of the ball matter as well, more force would have to be applied to the basketball and football for
them to have the same acceleration as the baseball and travel close to the same distance as the baseball.
 NEWTON’S THIRD
LAW OF MOTION
• ‘Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.’
• Newton’s third law of motion is also known as the action-reaction law. applies in all sorts of scenarios in sports,
and some sports will rely on this concept more than others.
 EXAMPLE
IN
SPORTS
• Golf :-
• This law is the basis of golf, as the golfer swings his/her club to hit a motionless ball and send it into flight. During
impact, the club is applying force to the ball. At the same time, the ball is pushing back with an equal and opposite
force. However, it is not very noticeable because of the difference in mass between the ball and the club. Although
the club will slow down a little due to the ball applying force back to the club, it is a minimal decrease in speed.
• Body Contact in Sport :-
• In football or hockey, lots of direct hitting is involved. When a larger player hits a smaller player, the larger player
feels the same force being applied to him as the smaller player, and this force will slow the larger player down
(instead of skating right through the smaller player). Although these examples differ in terms of sport and action,
they still fall under Newton’s Third Law.
 VIDEO BY-
SHLOK GUPTA
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