Missed FT Attempt. How would you handle it?

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

To be more specific, in this case, F=mg, where "g" is approximately 9.8ms^2, the gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the earth. But of course it's not a vacuum because there is friction from the air on the way down. Not that the poor girl will give said friction much credit when the rim hits her on the head.

I once majored in physics before I took up basketball officiating.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

And I doubt the friction would amount to anything interesting from the velocity the rim might achieve from a height of 10'. From a 100 feet, maybe, but still not too much.

Excellent work here gentlemen. But as a physics teacher, I feel I must bring the idea of energy transfer to the table. Assuming we can ignore the work done by non-conservative forces here (I.e. friction) then the amount of gravitational potential energy the rim transfers to the floor is given by mgh, using a mass in kilograms and a height in meters, of course.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by frezer11

Assuming we can ignore the work done by non-conservative forces here (I.e. friction) then the amount of gravitational potential energy the rim transfers to the floor is given by mgh, using a mass in kilograms and a height in meters, of course.

You, and Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., deserve each other.

[Kelvin green]

I think she should have received a flagrant T for intentional destruction of court equipment. Then I would have assessed delay of game Technical fouls for the 45 minute delay. The Head Coach would have been assessed a T for providing faulty equipment. The AD would have been tossed if the school could not have provided at least donuts for the delay...😄

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You, and Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., deserve each other.

I believe in the Metric System. (but not for basketball, baseball & softball, and golf).

MTD, Sr.


P.S. Billy, you are a chemist and took Calculus, what is your answer: Newton or Leibniz?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Billy, you are a chemist and took Calculus, what is your answer: Newton or Leibniz?

It was like hitting a brick wall. I did great in all forms of mathematics until I hit calculus. Algebra. Geometry. Trigonometry. Statistics. Probability. All easy peasey lemon squeezy. Mr. Trachenburg took pity on me and passed me in calculus, even though it was mathematically impossible with the grades that I earned.

All I know, for sure, is that Isaac Newton invented calculus because the mathematics of the time wasn't powerful enough for him to help his good friend, Edmund Halley, determine the correct parameters regarding the elliptical orbits of comets.