It's in The Game

Today, I played in a basketball game in which velocity was in the works. It is pretty amazing to me that just about every time a sport is played, physics becomes a part of the game. Especially in basketball, everytime the ball is dribbled, passed, and shot, velocity, acceleration and speed are all factors. People in general never usually think about all of th physics involved in sports and I never really thought about it until now. There were many chances to show physics throughout this game, but this picture was the clearest of them all.
As I shot this ball the velocity slowly decreased but was still positive as it reached its peak and then became more negative as it headed for the basket. The speed of the ball also decreased as the ball headed towards its peak, and then increased as it went towards the basket. This is assuming the positive velocity is up and negative velocity is down. I don't remember if I made this shot, but I do remember that we lost the game. Too bad.. : (