Yes, friction can be useful to gymnasts because it helps provide grip and traction on various apparatuses such as the balance beam and bars. This can help gymnasts maintain better control and stability while performing their routines.
Brakes are meant to have a lot of friction and it's useful.
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the friction from pushing the hull through the water is not useful as long as you're travelling.
It can be useful when a ball is catching
how does friction help car tyres?
Sandpaper is high in friction but is not considered useful in terms of being helpful in a general sense.
stopping cars Friction is useful to start a fire with sticks.
Friction is useful when you are trying to stop a car, but not useful in the pistons of a car's engine (It makes them less efficient).
It is useful
The brakes! And the tires (no friction = no traction).
there is friction in your cars brake system and without that frictiuon there your car would roll away whenever it was on a hill so this is a good example of when friction is useful.