Reaction Paper About Figure Skating

Figure skating is one of the most watched sports of the Winter Olympics. The first known example of skating occurred in Finland over 4,000 years ago. It began as way to get around and run away. While the first skates were just pieces of bone strapped to the foot, in the 13th century the Dutch developed steel blades. Jackson Haines, in the mid 1800s, was the inventor of the modern figure skating, and he attached blades with screws so jumps and leaps could be performed without the blades falling off. It was called figure skating for the complex designs that the skaters would create on the ice. Figure skating was introduced to the Olympics in 1908, and that was the only year that special figures took place. Sonja Henie helped to increase the popularity of figure

The skater determines how much force will be applied by how hard they push off of the ice. The mass of the skater will establish how much force is needed to accelerate. Larger skaters will need to exert more force to be able to accelerate at the same rate as smaller skaters. The harder the skater pushes off the ice, the more acceleration there will be. The total magnitude of the net force is determined by gravity, friction, and the amount of force the skater applies. Newton’s Second Law of Motion is an important aspect of figure skating.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. As the skater pushes off from the ground, the ice provides a reaction to propel them. Every single action that the skater makes will have a reaction. This reaction is what allows motion. Without the reaction, skating and every part of figure skating would not be possible. The skating movement comes from the action-reaction force. Ultimately, Newton’s Third governs the one thing that without skating would not be possible: