The Interesting Physics of Bouncing Balls

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We can all look back on our childhood memories and find in some form or fashion a bouncing ball. Whether it be shooting hoops with friends or tossing a tennis ball against the wall while we were grounded, we've all played with these bouncing toys.
While to most people balls are rather unassuming objects, they actually serve as a rather interesting springboard into learning about many interesting physics phenomena. Acceleration, velocity, energy; you can learn it all when you start looking at the physics behind bouncing balls.
In any ball bounce, there are essentially 7 stages that the action can be broken into during its motion, before, during, and after impact is examined.
Let's break down the physics of bouncing balls.
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love the videos that dive into depth about the little things we dont a chance to appreciate and think about, great video as always!

[@ConcerningReality]

Thanks! ✌🏻

[@9485881]

Call me immature but I busted out laughing every time he said “bouncing balls” hahaha

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[@judithjennings4193]

Hahah I'm a physics teacher and in my first years I would just say sphere because it was too embarrassing but I decided to accept the humor and now I just call it as it is... "Today we will be smashing massive balls of steel into each other"

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as an animator this video is super helpful
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[@ConcerningReality]

I didn’t even think of that! Glad it was helpful 😊

[@glamup7202]

Sir you said that at initial contact the reaction applied by ground overcome weight of the ball.
But please explain about this reaction.

[@Tom-gn2gb]

How about the forces acting on the ball once it reaches the top of its bounce height? Will the upward force be equal to the gravitational potential energy?

[@RodrigoSilva-hd2ig]

after the ball leaves the ground its velocity will be pointing upwards. The only force applied on the ball is its weight and it pull the ball down. Thats why its velocity goes down. There is no upward force. When the ball reaches maximum height, its speed equals 0 and it is the point where the ball changes direction. Bu the only force applied ob the ball is its weight.

[@allamasadi7970]

I will refer to this video regularly on my journey to become a world famous pool player😂😂. Another great video 👍👍

[@ConcerningReality]

Lol thanks! And glad to give you something to reference 😉😂

[@anilkumarsharma8901]

how much movementum transferred to ground ????

[@robnewman6101]

This is like looking at the Future.

[@rhubarbdedubarb4232]

i really dont understand why the ball acts on the ground with a force greater than its own weight

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Me who was in fifth grade when I saw this,: Umm... Yes.

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[@Channel9001]

How do those super bouncy balls work?

[@moonlightmando7163]

Late reply but i believe it has two factors affecting it: Their elastic potential (How much energy they can store in their elastic potential store), which has to do with their “spring” constant (material) and how much they compress hitting the ground, and their efficiency (How much of their energy is lost when hitting the ground in heat for example). Elastic potential formula, which you are probably familiar with is -> Elastic potential = 0.5 x spring constant x extension^2. For a bouncy ball, it would have a high spring constant, perhaps by having little air spaces inside, or it’s special rubber like material. I am no expert whatsoever, so don’t take my word for it fully. Hope this explained something.

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[@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303]

But Gravity isn’t even a force! I don’t understand why the narrator asserts that? So they should better explain why conservation of energy declines on each bounce🤨

[@ConcerningReality]

Friend, all of that is addressed in the video. I clearly discuss loss of energy at the end of the video. While looking through my script for this I can’t find any place I said “gravitational force” rather I was pretty clear to say force due to gravity. Gravity is an acceleration, which when acting upon a mass generates a force. Never mind the fact that most people watching this video are just learning physics, wherein gravity is generally described and taught as a force.

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