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Figuring 'The Physics of Basketball' Can studying the laws of physics help you be a better basketball player? It might help you find the best angle for your jump shot. U.S. Naval Academy professor ...
The Magnus Effect is something most people have never heard of until now that a YouTube clip explaining what it does showed how incredibly cool physics can be. These kids went to a 415-foot-high ...
It was about the game of basketball and used theory rooted in the heart of physics to analyze the game in a truly unique way. Brian Skinner, graduate student in the physics and astronomy departments, ...
A new book by Fontanella on basketball physics comes out this month. The Texas researchers are doing their study—for free—at the behest of Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team.
Physics Model Could Optimize Basketball Player Positioning . Press release Phys.org March 13, 2023 FR171947 AP A physics theory that's proven useful to predict the crowd behavior of molecules and ...
A new UPS commercial attempts to label the physics of a legendary basketball pass, but it misses the mark. Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain finds the actual physics at play in the video clip.