Physical Education A-Level
Sporting applications of angular motion
What Sporting applications of angular motion means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Students should identify the torque, the moment of inertia and the resulting angular acceleration in sporting examples, such as a diver tucking to reduce moment of inertia.
Topics that use Sporting applications of angular motion
- Angular motion (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Angular acceleration
- Application to flight in gymnastics and diving
- Conservation of angular momentum
- Newton’s laws applied to rotation
- Angular displacement
- Angular velocity
- Moment of inertia
- Radian measure
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