On Friday, the Kamehameha Varsity football team challenged the Radford Rams and obtained a much needed win. The spartan Tyler Meditz played a terrific game and had tremendous runs. After looking at the game stats the next day I seen that he averaged 10.2 yards a carry. Then I realized that this was a perfect application of what we learned in physics the day before. Knowing that Meditz is a beast I knew that he had big runs but didn't have 10.2 yards every carry. Some carries he was hit in the backfield or had no gain, while others he was able to stay with the push and reach third level, even score a 80 yard touchdown. This combined yardage equaled the 10.2 yard average. I am starting to realize how applicable physics is in my everyday life.
Beautifully written.. but i couldn't have done it without the O-line boys!! You made me realize how this pertained to physics on the long trek from the locker room to the classroom.. You opened my mind Chevy... opened it
ReplyDeleteYEAAAAAAH MEDITZ!! haha great post Chevy. I like how you used a school related topic. Great job on the win!
ReplyDeleteMeditz is a beast for averaging that much yards per run and matches perfectly with the unit we are currently learning about.
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! Since we don't think about sports as being very mathematical or related to physics but more on skill and agility, this is a very interesting way of thinking about Tyler's runs. His acceleration during the runs could also be a factor related to physics.
ReplyDeleteMeditz is a world class beast. Great job using him as an example for physics outside of the classroom. Only Meditz could average that many yards per run. Wonderful blog post, I almost forgot that football uses many of the elements of physics.
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