How is newtons laws of motion used in cheerleading?

Answer 1

Newton's laws of motion are used in Cheerleading to understand and enhance the performance of stunts and tumbling. For example, the first law (inertia) helps cheerleaders maintain balance and stability while performing stunts. The second law (acceleration) is crucial for calculating the force needed to propel a flyer into the air during a stunt. The third law (action-reaction) explains how the force exerted by bases on a flyer is equal and opposite to the force the flyer exerts back on the bases, ensuring a safe and successful stunt.

Answer 2

Newton's First Law: The person is at rest while she (I'll pretend it's a girl) is on the ground because no net force is acting on her. Then she is thrown in the air by the force of those throwing her- why does she come down? If we assumed that there was no forces acting on her, she would continue rising forever, but since she falls, there must be a force which causes her motion to change (i.e. to slow down and then reverse direction). That force is gravity. Once on the ground again, she is no longer in motion because the downward pull of gravity is balanced by the upward normal force of the ground, and the net effect is zero force.

Newton's Second Law: When in the air, the girl is moving initially with upward velocity, but she slows down and then starts to fall. She must be experiencing a downward force, which again is the force of gravity. You know this because she is accelerating downward, so then you can conclude that gravity is acting in a downward direction.

Newton's third law: Ask the throwers- do they feel anything when they throw the girl in the air? They definitely feel pressure on their arms/hands as they throw her upward, because as they exert and upward force on her, she exerts a downward force on them equal in magnitude. The harder they throw her, the more the force they feel on themselves.

Answer 3

Newton's laws of motion can be observed in cheerleading through stunts and jumps. For example, the first law (inertia) is demonstrated when a cheerleader stays at rest until pushed for a lift. The second law (force equals mass times acceleration) is evident when a flyer is thrown in the air with a certain force to reach a desired height. The third law (action and reaction) can be seen when a base exerts an upward force on a flyer to keep them in the air.

Answer 4

because the cheerleaders are putting the weight of them on the cheerleader that is going up

Answer 5

Because they don't have a choice.