{
  "id": 292395,
  "title": "how do we know the height of the football in the air?",
  "url": "/competitions/nfl-big-data-bowl-2022/discussion/292395",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-12-02T09:00:25.747536600Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>It looks like we don't have such data, unfortunately, but perhaps I missed it.</p>\n<p>I'm interested because I was wanting to know how high a ball was kicked up to the sky and could this be a strategy for the team, assuming the higher the ball went up into the sky, the longer time it can give the catchers to determine the route of the flying ball.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "1602940",
      "postDate": "12/02/2021 09:00:25",
      "content": "<p>It looks like we don't have such data, unfortunately, but perhaps I missed it.</p>\n<p>I'm interested because I was wanting to know how high a ball was kicked up to the sky and could this be a strategy for the team, assuming the higher the ball went up into the sky, the longer time it can give the catchers to determine the route of the flying ball.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It looks like we don't have such data, unfortunately, but perhaps I missed it.\n\nI'm interested because I was wanting to know how high a ball was kicked up to the sky and could this be a strategy for the team, assuming the higher the ball went up into the sky, the longer time it can give the catchers to determine the route of the flying ball.",
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    {
      "id": "1603581",
      "postDate": "12/02/2021 15:45:35",
      "content": "<p>Yes - the data is not available explicitly.</p>\n<p>I would suggest using kinematics / projectile motion in physics to predict the height in flight if you need it. You can use these methods with the hang time and acceleration due to gravity to figure out how high the ball got in the air.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/\" target=\"_blank\">https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes - the data is not available explicitly.\n\nI would suggest using kinematics / projectile motion in physics to predict the height in flight if you need it. You can use these methods with the hang time and acceleration due to gravity to figure out how high the ball got in the air.\n\nhttps://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/",
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    {
      "id": "1603591",
      "postDate": "12/02/2021 15:58:01",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the reply!",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1603581,
      "author_name": "tombliss",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/02/2021 15:45:35",
      "content": "<p>Yes - the data is not available explicitly.</p>\n<p>I would suggest using kinematics / projectile motion in physics to predict the height in flight if you need it. You can use these methods with the hang time and acceleration due to gravity to figure out how high the ball got in the air.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/\" target=\"_blank\">https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1603591,
          "author_name": "tianmin",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/02/2021 15:58:01",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>",
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        }
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    "1602940": "It looks like we don't have such data, unfortunately, but perhaps I missed it.\n\nI'm interested because I was wanting to know how high a ball was kicked up to the sky and could this be a strategy for the team, assuming the higher the ball went up into the sky, the longer time it can give the catchers to determine the route of the flying ball.",
    "1603581": "Yes - the data is not available explicitly.\n\nI would suggest using kinematics / projectile motion in physics to predict the height in flight if you need it. You can use these methods with the hang time and acceleration due to gravity to figure out how high the ball got in the air.\n\nhttps://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/",
    "1603591": "Thanks for the reply!"
  },
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