Da Ref

So I was at a volleyball game this week, cheering my heart out and forgetting about school when I remembered all about physics. The ball began bouncing back and forth with different kinetic energies, but that was not what I was interested in. The top referee stood above all in the gym and had a higher potential energy than if he was at any height lower. His mass multiplied by gravity and the height of the stand (about six feet) would represent his total potential energy. If he were to fall off of the stand (I wished), at the instant before he touches the ground, his kinetic energy would be equal to that of his potential energy (if there was no air resistance). While in mid air, his potential energy added to his kinectic energy would have been equal to his initial potential energy. Who knew that Newton's law of the conservation of energy exsisted in volleyball?