Course Code
PHYS 1130
Credits
3
Department
Richard Lindgren
Research Professor Emeritus
This course is a study of the motion of flying and spinning projectiles (humans too) in sports such as soccer, tennis, pickle ball, basketball, baseball, football, track and field, even ballet, etc. We will also include rolling/sliding objects along flat surfaces such as in billiards and hockey. We will study the physics concepts involving the gravitational
force, drag and lift forces (Magnus), frictional force, momentum, acceleration, velocity, center of mass, etc. and equations relating them. The focus will be on how to understand motion in sports and, perhaps, gain a competitive advantage through a better knowledge of the concepts and some mathematics, but not on physics derivations.