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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
My understanding is that centrifugal force is actually not a force at all. The sensation that you feel when the car turns (and you feel pressed against the seat belt in the opposite direction) is caused by the change in direction of the seat belt and is not a force that is exerted by your body at all. It's the centripidal force that is pushing you into the same direction as the car.
Am I right?
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Chuck:
YES!! YES!! YES!! Someone who actually understands why I have been harping and nagging, yes I said harping and nagging, about using correct terminalogy when discussing the rules.
Thank you Chuck. You have made my day.
MTD, Sr.
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I have made it a rule not to argue with you, Mark. It's like trying to teach a pig to sing. But I just gotta say, I think you're really being way too serious here. Just way, way, way too serious.
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Juulie:
1) I am not a pig, especially not a male chauvinistic one.
2) I am a pretty good singer.
3) I have never argued with you. I have always tried to have learned discussions with you concerning rules and mechanics, but it always seems that you get your knickers in a twist about something perceived slight that does not exist. You need to lighten up more.
4) As a published author (see your ariticles on correctable errors) and a person who runs a basketball officiating camp you should value the use of correct terminology when discussing rules and mechanics. And I do not think I was being "way, way, way too serious" about using the correct language of our profession in this discussion. You should be promoting correct terminology when discussing plays, rules, and mechanics.
We, as officials want to be treated with respect by coaches and players. But that won't happen when we cannot even use the correct language of the rules of our sport when we discuss rules and mechanics among ourselves. As officials we are expected to pay attention to detail. The rules language is one area that we should always pay attention to detail.
Some officials are taking me to task for being nit picky because I am complaining about officials not using correct terminology when discussing the rules. But it is those officials that about whom I am complaining are the ones taking me to task.
I state again, that when I hear an official use incorrect terminology in discussing rules I immediately have doubts concerning his knowledge of the rules. I would feel the same way if an engineer or physicist used the word centrifugal instead of centripetal.
MTD, Sr.