My New Chair

I think that it is interesting how a rear wheel drive wheelchair can make so much of a difference in hitting the power soccer ball. We unwrapped my new chair today, and even though it wasn't perfectly suited for me yet, we could put my sister in it to hit the ball around. It's pretty amazing how even at about half speed it was able to hit the ball just as hard as I can at full speed in my mid-wheel. Again, as I've mentioned in previous posts, it all comes back to physics and the idea that a longer turn radius allows for more angular velocity which conveys more force to the ball and therefore hits the ball harder. I wasn't really that much of a believer however until we played CNY United last month. I had watched videos on the Internet, but I was not sure how hard the ball was really hit simply because sometimes videos can distort reality slightly because of angle or lighting. I had two different games between the Circle City Rollers and the Atlanta Synergy, but it looked like in one of the games they were hitting the ball so much harder simply because of the low angle of the camera. Anyway, I'll try out my new chair hopefully tomorrow night at power soccer practice, and I hope I remember how to drive rear-wheel.I think that it is interesting how a rear wheel drive wheelchair can make so much of a difference in hitting the power soccer ball. We unwrapped my new chair today, and even though it wasn't perfectly suited for me yet, we could put my sister in it to hit the ball around. It's pretty amazing how even at about half speed it was able to hit the ball just as hard as I can at full speed in my mid-wheel. Again, as I've mentioned in previous posts, it all comes back to physics and the idea that a longer turn radius allows for more angular velocity which conveys more force to the ball and therefore hits the ball harder. I wasn't really that much of a believer however until we played CNY United last month. I had watched videos on the Internet, but I was not sure how hard the ball was really hit simply because sometimes videos can distort reality slightly because of angle or lighting. I had two different games between the Circle City Rollers and the Atlanta Synergy, but it looked like in one of the games they were hitting the ball so much harder simply because of the low angle of the camera. Anyway, I'll try out my new chair hopefully tomorrow night at power soccer practice, and I hope I remember how to drive rear-wheel.
Photo Courtesy of Power Soccer Shop