Sport and Physics

Leopold Mathelitsch

doi:10.14712/18047106.730

Vol. 8 (2017): Keynotes and selected papers from the International Conference on Physics Education, ICPE-EPEC 2013 (Special Issue) Keynote lectures

Sport and Physics

Leopold Mathelitsch, ¹

Inst. Physics, Univ. Graz, Austria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/18047106.730

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The combination of sport and physics oﬀers several attractive ingredients for teaching physics, at primary, secondary, as well as university level. These cover topics like interdisciplinary teaching, sports activities as physics experiments, video analysis or modeling. A variety of examples are presented that should act as stimulus, accompanied by a list of references that should support the implementation of sport topics into physics teaching.

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Armenti, A. (Ed.). (1992). The physics of sports. New York: American Inst. of Physics. Search in Google Scholar
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de Mestre, N. (1990). The mathematics of projectiles in sport. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. Physics Education. Available at http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/ Search in Google Scholar
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Physics World, July 2012. Available at http://physicsworld.com/ Search in Google Scholar
Spathopoulos, V. (2013). An introduction to the physics of sports. CreateSpace Independent Pub. Search in Google Scholar
Thaller, S. (2003). Hochsprung auf dem Mond. Physik in unserer Zeit, 34(9), 87–89. Search in Google Scholar
Tracker. Available at http://www.opensourcephysics.org/webdocs/Tools.cfm?t=Tracker Search in Google Scholar
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Wesson, J. (2002). The science of soccer. Oxon: Taylor & Francis. Wiese, J. (2002). Sports science. New York: John Wiley. Wilson, D.G. (2004). Bicycling science. Cambridge: MIT Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

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[1] Adair, R.K. (2002). The physics of baseball. New York: Harper Perennial. Search in Google Scholar

[2] American Journal of Physics. Available at http://ajp.dickinson.edu/ Search in Google Scholar

[3] Armenti, A. (Ed.). (1992). The physics of sports. New York: American Inst. of Physics. Search in Google Scholar

[4] Ben-Naim, E., Vazquez, F. & Redner, S. (2007) What is the most competitive sport? J. of the Korean Phys. Soc., 50, 124–126. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512143 Search in Google Scholar

[5] van den Berg, E., Ellermeijer, A.L. & Slooten, O. (Eds.) (2008). Modelling in physics and physics education. Amsterdam: AMSTEL Inst. Univ. Amsterdam. Search in Google Scholar

[6] van Buuren, O., Uylings, P. & Ellermeijer, T. (2010). Towards a learning path for computer modelling. In D. Raine,Ch. Hurkett & L. Rogers (Eds.), Physics community and cooperation. Leicester: Univ. Leicester Search in Google Scholar

[7] Coach. Available at http://cma-science.nl/software/coach6/ Search in Google Scholar

[8] Cross, R. (2011). Physics of baseball and softball. New York: Springer. Search in Google Scholar

[9] Denny, M. (2011). Gliding for gold. The physics of winter sports. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

[10] Dowie, J. (1981). Football’s failing — the deadly draw. New Scientist, 91, 515–515. Search in Google Scholar

[11] Duenbostl, T., Mathelitsch, L. & Oudin, T. (1996). Experimente mit dem Tennisschlaeger. Praxis der Naturwissenschaften-Physik, 45(2), 2–9. Search in Google Scholar

[12] Einmahl, J.H.J. & Magnus, R. (2008). Records in athletics through extreme-value theory. J. Am. Statist. Ass., 103, 1382–1382. Search in Google Scholar

[13] European Journal of Physics. Available at http://iopscience.iop.org/ Search in Google Scholar

[14] Fontanella, J.J. (2006). The physics of basketball. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

[15] Frohlich, C. (2011). Resource letter PS-2: Physics of sports. Am J. Phys., 79(6), 565–574. Search in Google Scholar

[16] Gembris, D., Taylor, J.G. & Suter, D. (2002). Trends and random ï¬uctuations in athletics. Nature, 417, 506–506. Search in Google Scholar

[17] Goﬀ, J.E. (2010). Gold medal physics: The science of sports. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

[18] Griï¬ng, D.F. (2000). The dynamics of sports: Why that’s the way the ball bounces. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Pub. Comp. Search in Google Scholar

[19] Guttersrud, O. (2008). Mathematical modelling in upper secondary education [Dissertation thesis]. Oslo: Univ. Oslo ISSN, 1501–7710. Search in Google Scholar

[20] Haake, S. (2012). Material advantage. Physics World, July 2012, 26–26. Search in Google Scholar

[21] Häußler, P. & Hoﬀmann, L. (2000). An intervention study to enhance girl’s interest, self-concept, and achievements in physics classes. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39, 870–888. Search in Google Scholar

[22] Häußler, P., Hoﬀmann, L., Langeheine, R., Rost, J. & Sievers, K. (1996). A typology of students’ interest in physics and the distribution of gender and age within each type. Search in Google Scholar

[23] Int. J. Sci. Educ., 20(2), 223–238. Qualitative Unterschiede im Interesse an Physik und Konsequenzen f¨ur den Physikunterricht. ZfDN, 2(3), 57–69. Search in Google Scholar

[24] Hach´e, A. (2002). Physics of hockey. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

[25] Heck, A. & Uylings, P. (2010). In a hurry to work with high-speed video at school. The Physics Teacher, 48, 176–181. Search in Google Scholar

[26] Hernandez Gomez, J.J., Marquina, V. & Gomez, R.W. (2013). On the performance of Usain Bolt in the 100 m sprint. Eur. J. Phys., 34, 1227–1233. Search in Google Scholar

[27] Jorgensen, P. T. (1999). The physics of golf. New York: Springer. Kaye, B.H. (1996). Golf balls, boomerangs and asteroids. Weinheim: VCH. Search in Google Scholar

[28] Kimball, J. (2010). The physics of sailing. Boca Raton: CRC Press. Search in Google Scholar

[29] Laws, K. (2002). Physics and the art of dance. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

[30] Lambourne, R. (2014) E-Learning in Physical Science Through Sport: Learning objects and their dissemination. In ICPE-EPEC 2013 Conference Proceedings. Prague: MATFYZPRESS. Available at http://www.icpe2013.org/uploads/ICPE-EPEC 2013 ConferenceProceedings.pdf Search in Google Scholar

[31] Lex, E. & Gunacker, E. (1998). Der Physik- und Chemieunterricht aus der Sicht des Sch¨ulers. Plus lucis, 98(1), 7–12. Search in Google Scholar

[32] Lind, D. & Sanders, S.P. (1996). The physics of skiing: Skiing at the triple point. New York: Springer. Logger Pro. Available at http://www.vernier.com Search in Google Scholar

[33] Mathelitsch, L. & Thaller, S. (2006). Fußball mit wissenschaftlichem Maß. Physik in unserer Zeit, 37(3), 122–125. Search in Google Scholar

[34] Mathelitsch, L. & Thaller, S. (2008). Sport und Physik. K¨oln: Aulis Verlag. Mathelitsch, L. & Thaller, S. (2012). Olympische Rekorde. Physik in unserer Zeit, 43(4), 186–189. Search in Google Scholar

[35] Measure Dynamics. Available from http://www.phywe.de Search in Google Scholar

[36] de Mestre, N. (1990). The mathematics of projectiles in sport. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. Physics Education. Available at http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/ Search in Google Scholar

[37] The Physics Teacher. Available at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/tpt Search in Google Scholar

[38] Physics World, July 2012. Available at http://physicsworld.com/ Search in Google Scholar

[39] Spathopoulos, V. (2013). An introduction to the physics of sports. CreateSpace Independent Pub. Search in Google Scholar

[40] Thaller, S. (2003). Hochsprung auf dem Mond. Physik in unserer Zeit, 34(9), 87–89. Search in Google Scholar

[41] Tracker. Available at http://www.opensourcephysics.org/webdocs/Tools.cfm?t=Tracker Search in Google Scholar

[42] Trumper, R. (2006). Factors aﬀecting junior high school students’ interest in physics. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 15(1), 47–58. Turner, W.A. & Ellis, G.W. (1999). The Energetics of a Bouncing Ball. The Physics Teacher, 37, 496–496. Search in Google Scholar

[43] Viana. Available at http://viana.codeplex.com/ Search in Google Scholar

[44] Wesson, J. (2002). The science of soccer. Oxon: Taylor & Francis. Wiese, J. (2002). Sports science. New York: John Wiley. Wilson, D.G. (2004). Bicycling science. Cambridge: MIT Univ. Press. Search in Google Scholar

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