Monday, April 02, 2007

Special Final Four Link
The Science behind the Perfect Basketball Shot

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to shoot a basketball. Well, maybe it does. A scientist named Saleh Satti, from the Physics Department of the College of Wooster, has posted this short paper on the physics of the perfect basketball shot. If you think this is bad, it's a good thing that the distance beween the shooter and the basket is short. If it were longer, you'd have to figure the rotation fo the earth into the equation, including factors for centrifugal force and the coriolis effect. External ballistics anyone? Is it any wonder that nerds get pantsed in gym class?
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