Looking at a football match, which of the following describes anevent CONSISTENT with the study of Classical Mechanics?
a) The ball gains speed by bouncing into a puddle after a playerkicks.
(b) A ball leaves the player's foot without rotation and, aftercolliding with the crossbar, returns to the player's feet fasterthan at the start of the kick.
c) In a soccer game, there is no mechanical phenomenon relatedto the study of physics.
d) The fact that the boot is of large or small nails, of metalor plastic, making the player slip more or less on rainy days,concerns the study of universal gravitation.
e) The encounter between a player's boot and the ball at thetime of the kick is an example of a partially elastic shock inwhich there is a transfer of energy and momentum. â€
Analyzing the alternatives of the above question, we can observein item “a†a phrase widely used by narrators and sportscommentators in their radio and TV broadcasts. This phrase containsone of the many conceptual distortions in physics presented insports broadcasts. Research and present in the COLLABORATIVECHALLENGE other phrases that exemplify the extremely distorted viewof physics.
How could we justify the goalkeeper's difficulty catching a kickin a rainy soccer match? Review the examples presented by yourcolleagues and indicate the misconceptions in the sentences. Whatdo you think is the convincing power that a statement of this sizecan inadvertently wield in the minds of sports aficionados?
