TED Tuesdays: Slam dunk! The math behind Michael Jordan's legendary hang time TED-Ed Lesson8/18/2015 In Birmingham City Schools we have a number of gifted athletes. In fact, many of our students have gone on to play for competitive collegiate teams and found careers in professional sports. Did you know that there is actually a great deal of math in sports? Mostly a kind of math called Physics.
This class will probably come up sometime in high school, but it is never to early to learn these concepts. I didn't do very well in Physics class, I actually got a C but only because I didn't work hard enough at it. But here I am now, writing an article about it so that you don't make the same mistakes I did-- because physics can actually be pretty interesting and like anything else, if you work at it you will figure it out. In this TED-Ed lesson, where we learn the physics behind Michael Jordan's hang time! So the next time you are wondering when you will ever use that math, it may be in the next NBA game you watch. The math behind Michael Jordan's legendary hang time
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