8/26/2023 0 Comments Basketball swish off dam![]() ![]() ![]() According to this research, a 50 yard field goal will be affected by about 0.26-0.5 inches. While the coriolis effect will technically have some effect, over a 30 foot (at maximum) shot, it will be too small to matter. Rather than try to explain it, again I will provide a video: The coriolis effect has to do with the rotational speed at the earth based on latitudinal displacement. So, for our case, we will not be considering the Magnus effect. The exception is on full court shots, which typically have a much higher velocity. However, the velocity of a basketball during a normal shot is such that the Magnus effect has minimal effect. This can be much better understood from the video below: As a ball spins, the air on one side is affected by the friction from the spinning surface of the ball, giving a reaction force on the ball. The Magnus effect, put basically, works off the reality that air is a viscous, albeit minisculy so, fluid. Here are the assumptions I will be working with: Assumptions 1. Often, there are too many factors that are too complex to consider, but that for various reasons can be ignored. The first thing to do in any physics or engineering problem is to make some basic assumptions. Although I am not a physicist, I have a strong and recent background in physics, and would like to address several of the factors that affect a shot, specifically in choosing a trajectory path. Every action taken during a basketball game has a plethora of physical characteristics that affect the end result. Physics and basketball are, by their very nature, intertwined. ![]()
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