This week we played Punahou in a football game. We ended up losing the game, but I learned a lot from the game. I play offensive line on our team. These are the guys who block the defenders from getting to the quarterback. While I was blocking #90 from the other team i realized that he was bigger than i was. This meant that when he hit me he would move less from the impact because his mass was greater than mine. It is just the same concept in the fly and the car problem. Both the car and the fly experience the same impact because of Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The reason the car keeps moving forward and the fly is smashed is because the car has a greater mass. When i realized this was the case when i was blocking i knew that in order to move the defender i would have to apply more force in the form of punches with my hands. This is when i began to punch his harder and i was able to block him easier.
