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| Waipahu J.V. Cheerleaders |
As I was watching the Waipahu Football game against Campbell on Friday night
my younger cousin said randomly about the cheerleaders: "If a cheerleader falls down
from being tossed in the air for a cheer, it must hurt more than being tackled by a football
player because of how high they go up?" I then responded with, "Yeah,
especially since the cheerleader would be free falling at an acceleration of
-9.8 m/s^2. Plus, they could easily break a leg or any other body part."
All of a sudden I realized that I related an everyday situation to the concept
of free fall that I learned in Physics.
The
concept or term “free fall” is simply an object under the influence of
gravity.
The object remains in free fall
unless it comes into contact with something else or the moment you catch it.
Also, the acceleration always remain constant
(-9.8 m/s^2).
At this moment I felt
really smart, but also dorky because my cousin said laughingly after, "How
do you even know this?" I then replied, "Physics. Don't worry you'll
know what I'm taking about when you take the course."
I took some pictures
of the Waipahu cheerleaders and the football game, but unfortunately I was not
able to catch the cheerleaders in the air because my phone is soooo slow at
taking pictures. :/
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| Waipahu vs. Campbell |
