I find shooting a pleasure and never see it as something I have to do. i stopped for a while because my last bow stunk and whenI pulled out my 17 yr old bow I enjoyed shooting that more.

For the record. I've never bragged about speed and that isn't why I bought the bow I have or shoot the arrow I have. If that was the case I would shoot 85 or 100 gr tips instead of at least 125's.

One comment on why we won't see pendulums at the pro shop. It isn't because today is all about "speed". Twenty years ago I didn't see them in the shops either. It's because most people are not interested in the physics behind anything in life. It's sad in my opinion.

Bow,
Not to burst your bubble.

You are like 17 pages behind. We've gone over this already and have moved on to bigger and better things.


Yes, the square if all things are equal. But an arrow with a smaller surface area will have less resistance and therefore the effects of friction are not as great as the square of velocity. This is the problem that I encounted going from college classes to the real world in my profession. In college all tests are done trying to use equals to relate 2 items. however, most of the time in real life that is not hte case. Some guys stick with "Well, this is whatI learned in college." and have a hard time figuring out real world electrical power problems.

Yes, the basic laws of physics hold true. However, never forget the variables. Maybe try to relate that to your students as well.