Goal posts at the ends of football fields are padded as a safety measure for players who might run into them. How
does thick padding around the goal post reduce injuries
to players?

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Goal posts at the end of football field are padded as a safety measure to players who might run into them,these thick paddings of the goal posts are done to prevent injuries to the players because the padding of the goal post increases the time of impact and this in-turn decreases the force on the the players body or the force it will have when a player's body hit against it and therefore decreasing the force applied to bring the player to a stop.

We can also say that it increases the time of collision between the player's body and the post.

newton's first law of motion

the order for strong to weak forces such as

strong nuclear force → electromegnetic force → weak nuclear force → gravitational force

the fundamental forces are those forces that act between to objects or element to make interactions. there are four types of fundamental forces such as strong and weak nuclear forces (due to protons and electrons), electromagnetic force (due to the motion of electrons) and gravitational force (due to orbital movement of the planet). if these forces are arranged on the basis of their maximum strength then the order is

strong nuclear force → electromegnetic force → weak nuclear force → gravitational force