Last Friday, I went to the Homecoming football game and observed different types of projectile motion. In one instance, the quarterback was throwing a long distance pass and the ball proceeded at a low arc towards the running back after being thrown with a fast initial velocity. As a contrast, there was a play in which our team was kicking a field goal. The kicker angled the ball at a greater measurement than 45 degrees but with an initial velocity that pushed it high in the air so he could achieve the height and distance required to put it through the bars. Similar dimensions were used when the opposing team punted the ball down the field at a later point in the game. Each time the quarterback threw the football, the projectile motion measurements were different. It is amazing really; how using different angles and strength capacity, a player can create the perfect pass.
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