(Podcast length 4:36 mins - transcript is below)
We're big fans of the show "Sports Science" so we partnered with our friends over at STEM Sports to give you something to talk about.
Transcript
1. The average person burns 45 calories an hour from just sitting. (Sadly, that doesn’t burn off the desk stress eating). Now imagine if your job was to get out from behind the desk and go for a run. Baseball players run the shortest distance equivalent in a game at only .0375 miles with soccer topping out around 7-9.5 miles a game (depending on the player’s position). In the middle is football (1.25 miles for quarterbacks and cornerbacks), basketball (2.55 miles) and tennis (3 miles). HIT THE ROAD
2. Feel the need for speed? We all know a Serena Williams’ serve clocks in at over 100 MPH, but did you know that in the game of volleyball, international men and women spikers hit the ball at the opposing team at well over 60 MPH. IN YOUR FACE
3. The air pressure in a basketball is key to a basketball player’s dribbling ability and performance. World-renowned basketball entertainer and speaker Sandy Slade noted the need to adjust the air pressure in her basketballs for her NBA (National Basketball Association) halftime performances, especially when she traveled from one climate to a vastly different one the next night. Bet you didn’t know that overinflated soccer balls can cause injuries such as lower leg bone breaks and concussions? THAT’LL LEAVE A MARK
4. While we were binge watching “This is Paris,” Pawan Kumar Srivatava set the Guinness World Record for dribbling a basketball for over three days - 55 hours and 26 minutes. YOUR 55 HOURS WAS PROBABLY MORE FUN
5. Here's a record you probably never thought about breaking. In 2012, former University of North Carolina women’s soccer player Indi Cowie set a Guinness World Record by juggling a soccer ball 102 times with her heel. FANCY FOOTWORK
Thank you to our friends at STEM Sports® for today’s content. STEM Sports® provides turnkey, K-8 supplemental curriculum that uses sports as the real-life application to drive STEM-based, hands-on learning in classrooms, after-school programs, and camps. Click here to find out more.
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