Saturday, September 26, 2009

Water Polo physics 101


water polo was disappointing this week. We lost to Kamehamaha and they were probably the worst team we played thus far. Come on its simply drive down and shoot down at an angle below the horizontal not like how Baba is doing to the left by passing it above the horizontal at an angle. I mean come on the goalie wasn't much of a reaction force against the net force of the ball, but we still managed to miss a ton of shots because we didn't shoot and pass as well.
Speaking of PASSING we need to throw the ball so that it only goes up the y-axis about as high as a foot above the receiver's head. Kam guys were passing so-so and didn't even have a lot of force when they shot, yet still won by 4. Seriously is it so much to ask to drive down the pool and push up on defense, like the normal force to their mass x gravity.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

STRESS!!!


After 3.6 weeks of self-inflicted strain in multiple courses, AP Physics remains my strongest class. Hopefully the rest of the year will refrain from the three hardest classes having tests 3 days in a row. But the literal pain of these courses will soon be the norm and can start achieving those higher grades. PCH is going to be the primary focus, since the work in this class is more manageable than the confusion in that.
I cannot wait till the end of the year when both of my APs are done and I can focus on PCH. When all the agony from these classes are over, if I live that long, I will probably sleep a week or so from the crash. There is going to be a lot more anxiety for the future tests, and I predict many more people will stay in the room on evens as the year slowly drags on. I think this should be just about one hundred fifty characters doc.