...Research Question How does the height of dropping a basketball affect the time it bounces? Aim I have played a lot of basketball in my life, however, never before thought about the physics behind the sport. When I was given the opportunity to plan and prepare my own investigation, I tried to seize the chance as much as possible by combining it with my hobby. I was curious if this experiment would give me new knowledge and improve my skills, or just confirm the information I have already gained during basketball practice. Background information That most balls bounces are something we learn from an early age, but why is that a universal phenomenon, why doesn’t the ball just stay on the ground when dropped? Physics, and especially the field...
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...Kyndon Boatman How does a basketball’s bounce change due to surface Research Summary Will the surface affect a bouncing ball- When a ball bounces it uses kinetic and potential. When it is in your hand it is potential when it hits the ground it is kinetic. On average there are 15 dribbles in 1 trip down the court,so dribbling is an important part of the game. If you drop a ball from a set distance and it is regulation air pressure on a gym wood surface it will bounce back up ⅔ of the height you dropped it. When a basketball hits the ground (and as it flies through the air), it actually transforms some of its energy to another form. If players do not put enough energy back into the ball, they will not be able to dribble it effectively. Some...
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...Change in the NBA The National Basketball Association is a billion dollar business and is known as one of the largest and most prestigious organizations within American sports today. It is also home of one of the most controversial rules in all of sports, which is known as the “one and done rule.” The one and done rule restricts high school basketball players from entering the NBA Draft straight out of high school (Zegers). According to this policy, anyone who wants to enter the NBA Draft must complete at least one season and school year at the collegiate level or be at least the age of nineteen. This policy created by NBA Commissioner David Stern went into effect for the 2005-2006 season of the NBA (Medcalf). The creation of this rule between the National Basketball Association and the players union caused immediate backlash from many players who all felt that the policy was very unreasonable. The one and done rule should be changed to either go play in college for two years or be able to head straight to the NBA, because coaches have difficulty recruiting players who only want to play one year and it could be bad for players to have to go to school first if they were to suffer any problems that could occur due to their decision. Millions of Americans including myself are huge fans of college and NBA basketball. I love to watch my favorite college basketball players go to the NBA and follow their career of playing professional basketball. Prior to the creation of the one...
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...It may be hard to believe but everything in the world in is motion. Even the most still objects have atoms vibrating inside of them with energy. Energy is never destroyed, just transferred to another object. For instance when shooting a basketball you are holding the ball above your head with two hands. One to hold the ball and the other to apply force, which is an example of kinetic energy. When shooting you are jumping to build up momentum for your shot, which is an example of gravitational energy. Gravitational Energy also takes place when shooting with an arch. When shot the ball goes falling back down to the ground because of gravitational pull. In order for something to move, it must be pushed or pulled along. Pushes and pulls are called...
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...The theoretical velocity of the free falling balls were calculated, taking into consideration each slightly different drop height (see sample calculation 3). These calculation do not take into consideration the air resistance encountered by the basketballs, thus it would be expected that the size 6 ball, with a smaller surface area, would encounter less air resistance and get closer to its theoretical velocity. However, the size 6 ball reached only 34.2% of its theoretical velocity, whereas the 593g size 7 ball reached 38.6% of its theoretical velocity, and the 589g size 7 ball reached 39.9% of its theoretical velocity. This is quite surprising, considering Galileo's observation that, “All free falling objects fall with the same acceleration.” One potential reason for this could be the different surface of each basketball. Different brands of basketballs have different surfaces; some have ridges and bumps to provide extra grip for the person holding the ball, while some are simply flat. These ridges were present on both the size 7 balls, but not the size 6 ball. This could have possibly changed the aerodynamics of the basketball, thus resulting in the higher velocity. It is surprising, considering that one of the reasons given for the size 6 ball to bounce higher was its lower air resistance, and thus higher velocity at the point of impact with the ground....
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...Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Anthony Dobson MKT/421 July, 2014 Nickolas Skelton Blue Ocean Strategy Paper A blue ocean strategy can be described as the ability to create uncontested market space and render the competition obsolete. This strategy provides a systematic way to unlock the ocean of unrealized talent, opportunities, and energy within an organization quickly and at a low cost. It can achieve all of this from a management standpoint while preserving time and efficiency. The aim of a blue ocean strategy is not to out-perform the competition in the existing industry, but to create new market space or a blue ocean, thereby making the competition irrelevant. While innovation has been seen as a random/experimental process where entrepreneurs and spin-offs are the primary drivers this strategy offers systematic and reproducible methodologies and processes in pursuit of blue oceans by both new and existing firms. Frameworks and tools within blue ocean strategies are designed to be visual in order to not only effectively build the collective wisdom of a business but also to allow for effective strategy execution through easy communication. Blue ocean strategies cover both strategy formulation and strategy execution. The three key conceptual building blocks of blue ocean strategy are: value innovation, tipping point leadership, and fair process. While competitive strategy is a structuralism theory of strategy where structure shapes strategy, blue ocean strategy is a Reconstructionist...
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...Girls’ Basketball Camp Thirty seconds left on the shot clock and there are five confident and athletic girls who have no time to take a breather. The game of basketball is not easy. To run a basketball camp, there are many qualities needed such as enthusiasm, knowledge, teaching ability, and the willingness to interact. Locating a site to hold a camp, determining the right dates, finding the participants, and finding volunteers are the many steps involved to running a successful camp. That is why running a basketball camp for middle school girls is a hard job to do because of all the people and equipment that is involved. The very first step to running a basketball camp is to have the appropriate facilities. If the participants are going to enjoy the camp, having a clean and nice facility will increase the chances of it. In order to practice somewhere, permission is needed first. The location of the camp is important. If most of the girls are participants from the same school, holding the camp at the school gym is a great idea. In order to reserve the gym for the camp, dates and times must be set. The players are unable to participate in the camp if they do not have permission from their parents. These permission forms should ask the parent(s) permission if their child is allowed to be active in the camp. These permission forms should be turned in at least a couple of weeks before the actual date of the camp to know exactly how many girls are attending. Showers and...
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...they didn’t release their rage, because the students were right on the point of taking the ball away from Eric Cox. After several opponents got out, Eric was still standing tall in the A square, making his opponents look foolish one after another. Simultaneously, a bigger crowd started to appear around the court after each opponent walked in shame, towards the back of the line. Although fear was still resonating, Jonah repeated Eric’s slam to perfection on Eric, and Eric got out, showing that he too, is human. Kids are not as lucky as Eric and his school, a lot of schools all around the country do not have equipment to use. Many schools may have a deflated basketball and a cracked basketball hoop to use. Some of those schools may even up to 50 students trying to play basketball at that same...
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...personality to Jobs would be Bobby Knight, Indiana’s all-time winning basketball coach. Knight has won over nine hundred collegiate games in his career and won the NCAA Championship three times. Knight’s leadership and management had a similar style to Jobs, often associated with the words harsh, demanding, successful, and cruel. Both leaders had similar styles due to pushing the boundaries and demanding hard work and success. Steve Jobs’ critics often tend to point out the harshness in his personality. In reality, it was his personality that brought Apple to life as a company. Without Jobs’ vision, desire for perfection, and persistence, Apple could have died out or been overtaken by another technology firm. Jobs’ led with high emotion and intensity, often leading to confrontation and verbal abuse. However Jobs put it best, saying “these are all smart people I work with, and any of them could get a top job at another place if they were truly feeling brutalized. But they don’t “(Isaacson 4). People working for Jobs saw his vision and experienced the results. It was no coincidence Apple became the largest technology company in the world under the direction of Steve Jobs. When asked about his greatest creation, Jobs responded with Apple the company because it is much harder to sustain a business than build a great product. Jobs focused on innovation through simplicity by motivating his employees with high energy, extreme emotion, and pushing the limits. Bobby Knight’s coaching...
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...The Positive Effects of Basketball Athletes Endorsements by Aristotle Philip Rodriguez Villar October 2015 Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction; The use of athletes in advertising campaigns is an ever growing trend. Marketers look for ways to have their products stand out from competing brands. While athletes have been found to endorse both high and low status products, measuring consumers’ attitudes and purchase intentions of these products endorsed by the athletes is important to the success of the product in the marketplace. The success of these endorsed products in the marketplace may also come from star power, which is characterized as unique characteristics possessed by the individual that makes them star worthy.The researcher is familiar with his chosen topic because since he was a little kid he has been a huge fan of basketball and the researcher watched how the basketball industry market and sell their names. He has been updated every releases such as their equipment and other stuff. The researcher preferred this topic because the basketball industry merchandisebecomes one of his collections since he was fond of playing basketball. The researcher findtheir selling items very easy, comfortable, versatile and fashionable to use. For example, a Nike LeBron 12 is very useful in his basketball games and also in fashion sense it is very appealing. One of the most effective and positive associates by transferring different qualities to the product...
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...Tennis has always been something that I was fond of. As a little kid, I remember first picking up a racquet at the age of five. Back in those days, I was taking lessons at South Garner Park which was the closest park to my house. I recall my only goal being to hit the ball over the fence every time. As time progressed, I ended up quitting and picking up basketball and soccer because I, “lacked interest” in tennis. Playing those sports introduced me to multiple coaches with extremely different personalities who influenced the way I perceive and coach others now. On one hand, I had Coach Fright (for soccer) and Coach Donnie (for basketball). From what I remember, Coach Fright was the type of coach to push us way beyond our limits. I personally...
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...International Business - Assessment One Research Report Executive Summary This report examines the global company Nike and how it progressed from a small American based company to one of the largest sporting footwear and apparel brands in the world. The entry mode into global business chosen by Nike of contract manufacturing has allowed the company to benefit on two particular fronts. Nike outsourced the manufacturing element of the business initially to China and later expanded to over 750 factories mostly across South East Asia to capitalise on the abundance of low cost labour available to manufacture its products. Contracting out the manufacturing function also allowed the company to focus all of its energy and resources on developing innovative products and then marketing these products across the world. A core value of the Nike organisation is innovation which is embedded in its strategic direction. It developed a culture where no idea is a bad one and innovation is highly valued. This relates both to product development and marketing opportunities. Having this strong focus on innovation has allowed the company to continue to be a world leader in the creation and production of sporting good without the need or desire to diversify into different business streams. Nike has also displayed innovation throughout other business decisions to ensure it tackles environmental issues head on. This attitude took the potentially damaging situation of Nikes association with sweatshops...
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...and many strive to write what defines a great leader. The book stores are always filled with current leadership books and just one search on the internet you will find hundreds of opinions on current leadership strategies and styles. What does leadership need to look like in 2012? Leadership is going to have to be bigger than one person. “Scholars suggested that the shared leadership approach potentially provides a more suitable solution to team management than the classical, hierarchical, or vertical leadership, as represented by the solo leader approach” (Day et al., 2006; Gronn, 2000, 2002; Hoch, 2007). The definition of team leadership does not need to get lost some complex translation. Team leadership can be seen simply on the basketball court. On the court you can see 5 different size men, different talents, different abilities but all are focused on one thing. Each player is contributing their part in different ways. At the end of the game their are different stats for different players but there is a team score. That score defines if the team was successful in working together for the goal. For team leadership to be successful in an organization the team score has to be more important than the individual's statistics. “Despite increased research on team leadership, little is known about the conditions under...
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...It locks the midfoot during toe-off to provide a rigid structure for propulsion.The plantar fascia then passively contracts, converting the previously stored potential energy into kinetic energy and aiding acceleration.15 Pathophysiology of the plantar fascia is a thickened fibrous sheet of connective tissue that originates from the medial tubercle on the undersurface of the calcaneus and fans out, attaching to the plantar plates of the metatarsophalangeal joints to form the medial longitudinal arch of the foot. It provides key functions during running and walking. In general, the purpose of the plantar fascia is two fold to provide support of the longitudinal arch and to serve as a dynamic shock absorber for the foot and entire...
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