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#15 If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Actually CAN Dodge a Ball


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When Patches O'Houlihan shows up to train a raggedy group of gym rats, the first thing he does is tell them "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball." Most people laugh at this line, but upon deeper reflection, it becomes obvious that Patches is, himself, a physics enthusiast, and is exactly right. Today we talk projectile motion and how our brains are able to rapidly process things flying through the air!

Topics Include

  • Kenobi and Ian's woes watching Star Wars
  • Dr. Strange and Ian's woes seeing movies
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
  • There are no other quotes from Dodgeball
  • Sports ball and projectile motion
  • The terminal velocity of a cow


Subway Sandwich Airstrike:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0saOV9HJP_U?&ab_channel=Wian


Scene from the film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peUyLXrgYZ0&ab_channel=Movieclips


Work on cow terminal velocity:

http://www.obsidianfields.com/lj/fallingcow.pdf

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