Projectile Motion In Footballs

Projectile motion is a form of motion in which an object is thrown near the earth's surface, causing it to move along a curved path under the action of gravity only. An example would be a football quarterback, when a quarterback throws the football in the air it goes upward and then travels back downward due to gravity. Gravity is the only force of significance that acts on the object which causes a downward acceleration. For example if Cam Newton throws a football over a long distance such as a hail mary, or is kicked, the motion the football travels in is a parabolic motion. Since there is air resistance, the ball will start to decelerate before it reaches the max height of the throw, and will begin to fall back down to the ground as gravity will take into effect. The average height of a quarterback in the NFL is six feet, Cam Newton is 6 feet 5 inches. If the ball is thrown for 50 yards which is 45.72 metres to the wide receiver ,whose average height is six feet which is 1.8288 metres at a total speed of 16.6255m/s which we will say is 10.31275m/s vertically and 6.31275m/s horizontally and is released at a 59 degree, we can calculate the max height in which the football will reach. We also know the time taken is 2.75 seconds and the
We will use the variables from the vertical column since the maximum height falls into the vertical category. We now have to add this value to the height of the quarterback since the ball is being released at the top of a quarterback's reach. If the quarterback has a standing reach of 2.4384m and we had 5.2330m to this value the max height in which this football will reach is 7.6714m. This will help quarterbacks know at what angle, or arm strength to throw the ball in order to complete a long pass