NEWTON'S LAWS IN FOOTBALL
Newton's first law of motion
In football the strategy is to get the ball down the field and to the end zone without getting tackled which is where first law kicks in. The defensive player’s strategy is to stop the person that has the ball. Newton's first law says that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. When the ball is snapped to the quarterback, the ball being snapped would be the unbalanced force and the ball going to the quarterback would be the motion. If the receiver with the ball is in motion and the defensive player is the unbalanced force it relates to the first law.
In football the strategy is to get the ball down the field and to the end zone without getting tackled which is where first law kicks in. The defensive player’s strategy is to stop the person that has the ball. Newton's first law says that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. When the ball is snapped to the quarterback, the ball being snapped would be the unbalanced force and the ball going to the quarterback would be the motion. If the receiver with the ball is in motion and the defensive player is the unbalanced force it relates to the first law.
Newton’s second law of motion
When a kicker kicks the ball he has to use a great amount of force, but that is not the only thing you have to do because you also have to get the angles right and the acceleration right to. The second law says that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied to it. If the kicker is the force and the football is the object it applies to football. This occurs within the first few seconds of the game during kickoff or when the ball is punted to the other team in the event of a turnover.
When a kicker kicks the ball he has to use a great amount of force, but that is not the only thing you have to do because you also have to get the angles right and the acceleration right to. The second law says that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied to it. If the kicker is the force and the football is the object it applies to football. This occurs within the first few seconds of the game during kickoff or when the ball is punted to the other team in the event of a turnover.
Newton’s third law of motion
Whenever you tackle someone, you will feel the force that you applied. Speed and momentum are the most important assets to tackling. This is related to the third law which says that for every force action there is an equal and opposite force reaction. If the defensive player is one object and the man with ball is the second object, it applies to the third law. This is how the ball is stopped in a play, but applies to the third law because the ball is in motion and the person carrying the ball is also in motion and when tackled, there is a force to stop the ball with an unbalanced force.
Whenever you tackle someone, you will feel the force that you applied. Speed and momentum are the most important assets to tackling. This is related to the third law which says that for every force action there is an equal and opposite force reaction. If the defensive player is one object and the man with ball is the second object, it applies to the third law. This is how the ball is stopped in a play, but applies to the third law because the ball is in motion and the person carrying the ball is also in motion and when tackled, there is a force to stop the ball with an unbalanced force.