Soccer Ball Momentum Lab Report
The purpose of this experiment was to find the effect of the distance ran before kicking a soccer ball on the distance the ball travels. The data collected shows that as the distance ran before kicking the ball increased, the distance the ball traveled increased. In other words, the farther back the person started running towards the ball, the farther they were able to kick it. When starting at 0 meters, the person had an awkward kick because they weren’t able to get a running start, making the ball not go very far. However, as soon as they were able to start further away from the ball, at 1 meter, the ball went a lot farther because they had more momentum going into the ball. The hypothesis was if the distance before kicking a ball is increased,
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When backing up further before kicking, the person creates more momentum, which can be calculated by finding the product of the mass and velocity. Mass is the amount of matter in a specific area and velocity is the speed of something in a certain direction (What is Velocity?). On average, a person’s leg mass is about 7kg, and the velocity is about 25 meters/ second, which makes the momentum equal to about 175 kg- m/s (How Much Force Does the Average Soccer Player Use to Kick the Ball?). Since mass depends on the amount of matter in a certain space, weight and height are two things that can effect the overall mass of the person’s leg. By taking the average height and average weight of someone, the overall mass can be calculated. When running a further distance before kicking the soccer ball, the person can achieve a higher velocity by running at a faster speed, which can happen because the person has more space to accelerate. The definition of acceleration is to increase in speed or velocity (The Definition of Acceleration). As a result of having a higher velocity, more momentum will be created. When having more momentum, the ball will go a longer distance. When starting at 0 meters, the person didn’t have any distance to use for acceleration, which means all of the momentum created depended on the force of their leg instead of their whole body. Force can be determined by Newton’s Second Law, which says that force equals the weight of the ball times it’s velocity divided by time of foot contact (How Much Force Does an Average Soccer Player Use to Kick the Ball?). When starting 10 meters away from the ball, the person had a ton of space they used to accelerate, which increased the speed, which then increased the velocity, which finally increased the momentum of the kick. This can explain why the ball traveled a further distance as the person started running
When backing up further before kicking, the person creates more momentum, which can be calculated by finding the product of the mass and velocity. Mass is the amount of matter in a specific area and velocity is the speed of something in a certain direction (What is Velocity?). On average, a person’s leg mass is about 7kg, and the velocity is about 25 meters/ second, which makes the momentum equal to about 175 kg- m/s (How Much Force Does the Average Soccer Player Use to Kick the Ball?). Since mass depends on the amount of matter in a certain space, weight and height are two things that can effect the overall mass of the person’s leg. By taking the average height and average weight of someone, the overall mass can be calculated. When running a further distance before kicking the soccer ball, the person can achieve a higher velocity by running at a faster speed, which can happen because the person has more space to accelerate. The definition of acceleration is to increase in speed or velocity (The Definition of Acceleration). As a result of having a higher velocity, more momentum will be created. When having more momentum, the ball will go a longer distance. When starting at 0 meters, the person didn’t have any distance to use for acceleration, which means all of the momentum created depended on the force of their leg instead of their whole body. Force can be determined by Newton’s Second Law, which says that force equals the weight of the ball times it’s velocity divided by time of foot contact (How Much Force Does an Average Soccer Player Use to Kick the Ball?). When starting 10 meters away from the ball, the person had a ton of space they used to accelerate, which increased the speed, which then increased the velocity, which finally increased the momentum of the kick. This can explain why the ball traveled a further distance as the person started running