This weekend at bowling practice, i experienced the properties of friction. It hit me when I hit the ground; friction is not to be taken for granted while practicing this sport. Friction is, "A force that resists the motion of one object sliding past another". In bowling too much friction creates the poblem of an unsmooth glide towards the pins, resulting in some bowling complications. Too little friction however suchas, if you step past the line onto the oiled lane creates more disasterous problems. I learned this through esperience at a bowling match when I accidentaly stepped over that forboding line. This creates the meeting of my already smooth bowling shoes (to resist drag) and the oily lanes. By doing so, the amount of friction was greatly reduced, resulting in embarassment as I slipped and fell. Friction is very important in the sport, bowling, and many other activities we take part in.
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I have a quick question: I used the same template as you, but I don't know how to maneuver my pictures around my posts like you did. Could you tell me how? Thanks! By the way,cool bowling pictures!
hah i did that too robbie..but i caught myself before i fell...thank goodness for friction
haha thinking about physics while you bowl. i bet you're gonna get your 300 soon :)
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