Explain why a cricketer moves his hands backwards while holding a catch.

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Explain why a cricketer moves his hands backwards while holding a catch.


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1. In the act of catching the ball, by drawing hands backward, cricketer allows longer time for his hands to stop the ball.

2. By Newton’s second law of motion, force applied depends on the rate of change of momentum.

3. Taking longer time to stop the ball ensures smaller rate of change of momentum.

4. Due to this the cricketer can stop the ball by applying smaller amount of force and thereby not hurting his hands.

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