Does height matter in sports?
Some sports attract tall athletes and some are dominated by athletes with a shorter stature. The study of allometry investigates how strength scales with height. According to science, what are the reasons that certain sports attract tall or short athletes, besides the obvious (basketball nets are easier to reach if you’re taller)? Help us translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7DdEm33SyaTDtWYGO2CwdA&tab=2 Creator: Dianna Cowern Writer: Sophia Chen Editor: Jabril Ashe Animator: Kyle Norby http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Copa America/Messi footage: beIN Sports ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBz4pc6WNk Michael Phelps Swim: Olympic Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alP2ZlmmFA Gabby Douglas flips: USA Gymnastics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vggVYLD9RjY ‘Simone Biles and David Lee photo credit: twitter.com/Simone_Biles Static sports image: IOC Olympic diver photo: IOC/MINE KASAPOGLU https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/diving Olympic volleyball player photo: IOC/JOHN HUET https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/beach-volleyball Olympic swimmer photo: IOC/CHRIS FURLONG https://www.olympic.org/photos/london-2012/swimming Olympic gymnast photo: IOC/JASON EVANS https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/gymnastics-artistic Gymnastics Footage: USA Gymnastics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zol8rFCNetQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDRgpML6f8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_efL_jEcs NEED: Gymnastics footage of the white guy on the rings NEED: Diving Footage 1t 1:51: Oympic Channel NEED: Michael Phelps slow motion footage: ARTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAzYr4MUwGg Soccer Footage: FOX Sports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGmmF4DSsC8 WNT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIMvtdHmeo Bundesliga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ckzqciZPA FIFA TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4q6di-3fg Footage of my sister Alicia doing gymnastics courtesy of Alicia Stock Images: Pixabay and Clker Music: APM Help us translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7DdEm33SyaTDtWYGO2CwdA&tab=2 Creator: Dianna Cowern Writer: Sophia Chen Editor: Jabril Ashe Animator: Kyle Norby http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Copa America/Messi footage: beIN Sports ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBz4pc6WNk Michael Phelps Swim: Olympic Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alP2ZlmmFA Gabby Douglas flips: USA Gymnastics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vggVYLD9RjY ‘Simone Biles and David Lee photo credit: twitter.com/Simone_Biles Static sports image: IOC Olympic diver photo: IOC/MINE KASAPOGLU https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/diving Olympic volleyball player photo: IOC/JOHN HUET https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/beach-volleyball Olympic swimmer photo: IOC/CHRIS FURLONG https://www.olympic.org/photos/london-2012/swimming Olympic gymnast photo: IOC/JASON EVANS https://www.olympic.org/photos/rio-2016/gymnastics-artistic Gymnastics Footage: USA Gymnastics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zol8rFCNetQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDRgpML6f8o Soccer Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGmmF4DSsC8 WNT vs Switz Source: Fox Stock Images: Pixabay Music: APM
