Swag Dodgeball
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So friendz I felt I should enlighten you on another one of my infinite talents. It involves throwing, and avoiding, numerous spherical objects, coated with a 'gator-like' material. Namely dodgeball. Now dodgeball is only enjoyable when you win, so needless to say I find it very appealing. However that's besides the point. There are numerous physics applications to dodgeball. One such thing is throwing the ball itself. Naturally most people know where they want to throw it... it just rarely ends up there. That's because many of them are uneducated on the art of physics. When many people throw a dodgeball, they accidentally put a spin on it, either spinning away from you, towards you, left, or right-- all depending on how your fingers release the ball. This spinning action creates a effect that Bernoulli discovered; the ball creates a difference in air pressure, caused by the different wind/air speeds on opposite sides of the ball. The side with lower pressure is the side that the ball spins towards. With this knowledge, smart players can trick the opposition, as long as the have control over the spin-- you don't want to let the ball float. Obviously this concept is a pivotal part of baseball too, but dodgeball is so much cooler... pc
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