Math In Basketball Lesson Page 14
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31Math in Basketball: Take the challenge
Student Handout
FAST BREAK FACTS
THE 3 KEY VARIABLES
• The Acceleration of Gravity – which causes a ball to speed up, or accelerate, when falling
2
2
2
at a rate of -32ft/sec
. Use only downward pull or half of -32ft/sec
, which is -16t
.
• Initial Upward Velocity (v
) - the angle and speed when it leaves the player’s hand.
0
Multiply by time to get the vertical distance traveled.
• Release Height (h
) - the starting position of the ball.
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ELTON BRAND STATS
Elton’s Average Initial Upward Velocity:
24 ft/sec
Elton’s Average Release Height:
7.0 ft
STANDARD COURT MEASUREMENTS
Height of the basketball hoop off the floor:
10 ft
Distance from the free throw line to backboard
15 ft
Diameter of hoop/rim
18 in
GRAPH YOUR DATA
Time (in seconds)
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