In the 1990's, ESPN put out a series of videos that combined an understanding of math and science with popular sports and famous athletes. The videos were great! Our school purchased the set on VHS tape, and our physics teachers shared them with 100's of students. Cable in the Classroom provided a wonderful 10 minute video to help teach many topics. Teachers were encouraged to tape the shows and use in the classroom. But VHS is tough to use, and the tapes got old. So…

  • Below is a list of the sports figures videos we had for classroom use.
  • Sorry, but respecting copyright laws, the links below aren't active.
  • If you are a teacher in the district, and would like to "borrow the VHS tape", I'll provide you with a temporary link.

I don't want us to lose the videos that were so good for the students, but I can not make these publicly available. If only they had known how teachers could use YouTube back in 1996. I only wish ESPN would post these or make them available again. 15 years old, they are still fantastic teaching tools.
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Newton’s 3 Laws

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Greg Abbey, Mike Richter (NHL)
Newton’s 3 Laws

Newton’s 3 Laws

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Greg Abbey, Mike Richter (NHL)
Newton’s 3 Laws - the song!

Projectile Skateboard

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Greg Abbey, Bob Burnquist (X games skateboarder)
Projectiles

Perpetual Motion

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Marissa Copeland, Tony Hawk (Skateboard)
KE-PE Conservation of Energy

Collisions - Momentum

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Greg Abbey, Dave Mirra (BMX)
topics include impulse and conservation of momentum

Gravity Check

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Greg Abbey, Dave Mirra (BMX)
topics include centripetal acceleration and g forces

Pulling g's

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Sharlene Hawkes, Patty Wagstaff (stunt pilot)
topics include centripetal acceleration and g forces

Running With Momentum

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Greg Abbey, Napoleon Kauffman (NFL)

Relaxing With Impulse

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Greg Abbey, Napoleon Kauffman (NFL)

Sailing With Bernoulli

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Greg Abbey, Scott Dickson (Americas Cup Sailing)

Math Under Pressure

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Greg Abbey, (SCUBA diving)
Pressure, Gas Laws

Drag with Swimming

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Greg Abbey, Amanda Beard (Olympic swimmer)
racing suits

Drag with swimming 2

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Marissa Copeland, Janet Evans (Swimmer)

In Golf Gravitas

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Jacqui Malouf, Brad Faxon (PGA)
gravity, PE-KE, topography

Golf is a Drag

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Jacqui Malouf, Harrison Frazar (PGA)
air drag, dynamics

Yo-Yo Energy

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Marissa Copeland, Augie Fash (YoYo champ)
rotational and mechanical energy

Terminal Velocity

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Marissa Copeland,Darren Lott (street luge)

Making Ice

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Marissa Copeland, Sasha Cohen (Figure Skater)
Thermodynamics

Sounds of Summer

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Jacqui Malouf, Greg Abbey, Derek Jeter (MLB)
waves & speed

How Sweet it Is

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Jacqui Malouf, Chipper Jones (MLB)
Vibrations, standing waves,

Curve ball

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Greg Abbey, Adam Wainwright (MLB)
pitching a curveball, fluids

Sweet Spot

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Greg Abbey, Dan Uggla (MLB)
Harmonics-Waves-Center of Percussion

Pythagorean Theorem

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Greg Abbey, Jason Varitek (MLB)

Waves

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Greg Abbey, Rochelle Ballard (Pro Surfer)
Wave Properties

Wake Board

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Vedette Lim, Dallas Friday (Wakeboard Champion) Waves, Shockwaves,

Tracking Energy

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Jacqui Malouf, Dan O’Brien (Olympic Track)
speed and velocity

Batting the Unknown

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Marissa Copeland, Troy Gloss (MLB)
Batting averages - Stats
2000

Bouncing Basketballs

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Greg Abbey, Pam McGee (WNBA)
Elastic collisions, COR

Shooting Stats

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Averages, Stats (WNBA)

That Mu You Do

Friction (Stock Car Racing)

Big Air Rules

Projectile Motion, Gravity (Snowboard)

The Trig to Soccer

(Soccer)
Angles and Trig

Scale with Basketball

Jeff Caldwell, Vince Carter (NBA)

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