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Re: Shooting from opposite side of the field
I agree with the above comment...
From my experience... when you lose contact with an object... all sorts of things happen to it that you can no longer correct for. The longer it is in the air the more things can happen...
Remember... at these big velocities you can no longer use the simple physics formulas that most of us learned in high school physics... air resistance is NO longer negligible .. and you may approach terminal velocity...
but even if you don't, you will have a constantly changing velocity due to air resistance...
Has anyone determined the terminal velocity of these basketballs?
I am very encouraged to see so many teams putting their effort into scoring from long range... I applaud their efforts... it is great physics/math and great engineering...
Now is it the best thing to win the field game with> ??? not so sure...
I do know that if I am watching an NBA game and a guard is getting ready to shoot from beyond the 3 point line ..that if he spies a team mate wide open with no defensive player on them closer to the basket ... that he will make the pass... and if he doesn't... the coach will pull him out...
That being said... who really is the winner in FIRST?
Doing the math/science to put in a shot from half court... that is also winning.... and maybe in a more important way....
Good luck to all of you
We will see you on the field!!
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