Why do ice skaters not get dizzy when they spin so fast?
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When they spin, they look at a specific thing, and then spin fast around back to the specific thing.  It's hard to do at first, and it's really hard to do when they spin so fast, but they practice a lot.
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Because you are moving fast too. It's the same reason you can jump on a train and land in the same spot.
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When skiers/boarders turn they throw snow around and it piles up over periods of time. That's why they are so inconsistant. Now for competitions they do it differently. They usually start by piling snow by hand and then shaping it, I have heard of small machines that can help with the process, but I've never seen one.
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It is the same.  Unless you're flying in one of the experimental planes which leaves the atmosphere.  The atmosphere moves with the planet so the plane is unaffected by the spinning.  Just as we don't feel the spinning.
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The rotational energy you impart to the object when spinning overcomes the force of gravity that would topple a stationary object.  \n\nA total layman's explanation:\n\nA perfect stationary top perfectly balanced will not fall over.  In real life though,it's impossible to perfectly balance a top.  It's shape practically guarantees that its center of gravity will not be directly over the balance point for any practical length of time.  Imperfections in the material will cause a slightly uneven weight distribution, air currents will introduce a small force, and mechanical vibrations will be transmitted through the medium the top rests on.  The upshot of all this is that as soon as the center of mass is no longer over the resting point, gravity is going to pull the top over.  \n\nNow gravity has an acceleration of 32 feet per second squared (if I remember my ancient high school course correctly).  It can only topple the top at a specific speed.  If you spin the top fast enough, any side that gravity tries to "pull down" will translate around so quickly that it literally has no time to fall.  If you were standing on a planet with a much higher gravity, you'd have to spin the top far faster to achieve stability, and if you were on the moon, it would spin for a much longer time. Eventually, however, the top starts to slow and the tip will inscribe little circles.  That action is called "precession".  And of course, eventually the thing drops to the table and the game is all up once it slows enough.\n\nAgain, that's a layman's view of how it works.  Some college physics major is probably going to come in here and make my answer look really foolish.
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The effect known as the Gyrous of Rotation causes planets to spin. When the planet is born and begins to condense out of its accretion disc it contracts and this puts a turning moment about the planets common centre, similar to a ballet dancer pulling in their arms in order to spin faster. JULES
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That's a real mystery, i know when you diving in strong currents when two currents  meet sometimes you can get pushed up and if your unlucky you can get pulled down, diving under ice is different, usually you see where a current is (water looks suspiciously calm cause its flowing quite fast) maybe there was a whirlpool or they caught on some heavy ice
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Ok you have to LEAN darling and make sure your arms are in the right place. If you're going anti-clockwise around a circle put your right hand infront of you at 12 o'clock and your left hand at 6 o'clock. \nPush with your right foot from the ball of your foot while concentrating your weight on the left foot. Then when you come to cross your right over your left, bring that right foot infront to place on the inside (of your circle) push slightly out with your left foot to make room for the right. And place the right down where the left was.\nThen start again. Your posture during the cross overs is gonna make or break it. Practice in a small circle (About 1.6 yards) and consciously lean your body toward the centre of your circle - this will make your blade 'stick'. (p.s. check if your blades are sharp enough too)\n\nYou're gonna look like a little bit of a dork the first few times till you get the hang of it, but once you get it, you're gonna look fab!\nAlso these skating skills are the most important to get right now, because they are the building blocks of all other skating elements.\n\nPractice sweety!
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It doesn't really...i suppose people get stupid ideas from that movie ice princess...but you would have to be a real genius to figure out the areo dynamic formula! so the best idea is to just go for lessons. I suppose also you need math for jumps turns etc. but no ones gonna go out onto the ice with a compass or anything!
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um no but if you focus on one thing u wont get dizzy. learned it in doin donuts on a dirtbike
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There is geometry involved in the patterns of the skates on the ice.  Physics involves math...the amount of friction and motion over the ice.
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Gymnastics and I'm not just saying that since i absolutely LOVE gymnastics.Just like gymnastics, figure skating is judged by judges of that sport. First off, in figure skating you must have balance right? Well then try out the beam! Try walking across it with your eyes closed! Then try doing tricks on the beam. If you have a lot of balance you will be able to be a great skater! If you want to be able to do tricks and spins...then you must practice that during gymnastics. Plus, gymnastics is the best sport in the world. It is so fun! And....its not as hard as you think it is. Learning how to do flips and stuff during gymnastics will really help you preform tricks on the ice! Good luck! :))
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Balance is our true sixth sense - it enables us to sense how our bodies are moving around in the world and keep us upright. There are only two kinds of animal that spend their whole lives performing the tricky balancing act of walking on two legs – humans and some flightless birds, like ostriches.\n\nBalancing can be a deceptively complex business. Nigel Marven joins stunt co-ordinator Marc Cass for a dramatic drive and experiences how the balance organs let us know how we're being yanked around and even turned upside down.\n\nHelp from the eyes \nFor really fine balance, we need our eyes. They help us to work out exactly what the body is doing relative to the outside world. A troupe of acrobats at the Circus School in San Francisco illustrate this when they perform a human tower in darkness.\n\nNigel reveals why spinning round in circles makes you dizzy. And, under the guidance of Dr Ros Davies from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, he discovers why drinking alcohol makes it hard to walk in a straight line and can make your head spin.\n\nOur sense of balance is so complex that even if all components are working fine – the balance organs, the feedback from our limbs, and our eyes – if there there's any disagreement about what's going on, the result can be unpleasant. Dr Frank Golden of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution explains that sea sickness is caused when the central nervous system receives conflicting messages from these three systems.
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They stay on their boards using wax or grip mats. Also they rely on centrifugal force. As they turn they need to lean... like with a motor bike.
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friction bad---- it is bad if you want to go ice skating friction will cause you stick and not be able to smoothly glide accross the ice\n\nfriction good- if you were at the top of a mountain at a 45 degree angle and the only thing keeping you there is the soles of your trainers and thefirm rugid edge of the mountain
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yes, the skater's movement would be different. Because the skater weighs more, the force would not accelerate the skater as quickly and the speed would be lower.
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Our equilibrium is controlled by the semicircular canals in the inner ear. The semicircular canals are filled with fluid and together, make up something called the labyrinth. The canals are lined with tiny hairs that sense movement of the fluid in the semicircular canals. These tiny hairs then send messages to the brain that give information about the position of the head. \n\nNotice that while your spinning, you don't feel dizzy...It's only after you stop.  Once you stop spinning, the fluid flows back to the normal places and it does it quickly.  Too quickly for your brain to know exactly where your head is.  The feeling of dizziness is actually a nerve impulse from your brain to the rest of your body prompting your reflex to widen your legs and reach out for something to keep you from falling.  Just like pain is a nerve impulse prompting your reflex to pull back from the source of injury.\n\nIf you think about, all of the sensations we have are just different kinds of impulses that we are familiar with and in English we have given those impulses names: Cold, Hot, Dizzy, Pain, Tickle, Itch...All generate different messages from the brain to the body, each distinct from the others.\n\nNote- That's different from Vertigo...