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Subject:
the speed of swing motion used in golf
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: drjay-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
01 Jun 2004 11:48 PDT
Expires: 01 Jul 2004 11:48 PDT Question ID: 354835 |
swing motion in golf begins by setting a one lever--the lead arm and club in a straight-line relations ship. It uses kinetic energy--a mass in motion. midway through the swing motion a two-lever system is formed by a hinging of the wrists--the arms and club are set at a 90-degree angle to one another. This stores potential energy--that is, energy which may be transformed into motion. so, swing motion consists of a mass already in motion (kinetic) and a otential for motion created by positioning or levering a mass already in motion (potential). Question: How does the motion resulting from the release of potential energy combine with the existing motion of which it is a part? How does the motion resulting from a release of potential energy combine with the existing motion of kinetic energy? Example: If the golf club (mass) is traveling at 50 mph and the motion produced by the release of potential energy is 60 mph what is the resultant motion--or speed--of the mass? |
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Subject:
Re: the speed of swing motion used in golf
From: touf-ga on 06 Jun 2004 11:51 PDT |
Interesting question, but I need some more clarification... First of all, understand that energy is energy is energy. "Potential energy" is not transferred to the golf ball. The only way to have potential energy is for your mass to be positioned at some height above the ground (or a spring, which is not the case here). Second, you always have a 2-lever system. They are just coincident with each other. Third, you are not gaining potential energy by hinging your wrists. That is, unless you feel your wrists are "springy", but in golf terms, they're generally not used as a spring. So, when you angle your wrists, you're not moving your club up against gravity. Therefore, you're not adding potential energy to your club. You are still trading potential energy for kinetic energy, plus the energy you supply through your body. If we take ball height to be the ground, then the instant before the club impacts the ball, we have zero potential energy; all kinetic. You transfer energy, and there goes the ball. |
Subject:
Re: the speed of swing motion used in golf
From: drjay-ga on 07 Jun 2004 13:43 PDT |
the club does move upward against gravity when you hinge your wrists. The club and your wrists are already in motion (kinetic energy) and hinging the wrists positions the club for potential energy (to be transformed into kinetic motion). The speed of the "all motion" energy just prior to impact is what I am trying to determine. I'm not sure what you mean about already having a two-lever system. Thinking of just the arms and the club, they may be used by a golfer as either a single-lever or a two-lever system. |
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