Period 2-3
For my project, I am comparing an individuals height to his/her distance on the triple jump. I chose this comparison because I did triple jump for the track team here at Sequoia and I wondered if taller people always had an advantage. I chose to compare height to distance because you have to reach out with you legs and I think the longer your legs are, the farther you have potential to jump.
(This is how you triple jump.)
My hypothesis is that if you are taller and have longer legs, it helps. When you are little for instance, you can barley run. When you are around 5 feet and in the Olympics though, you can jump to around 50. I think the taller you are, the farther you can jump because you have longer legs.
My Graphs on men and women in the Olympics:
After I did my research, I found out many interesting facts. One of them was that in the women's competition, the shorter women jumped farther than the taller. Sure, Trecia Smith who placed fourth in it was 6'1'', but the majority of the women who placed were 5'7''. It's probably because of how much they weight and if you weigh less, you jump farther. Interestingly, in the men's competition, the tallest of the men won gold. In fact, out of the six men who placed sixth or higher, the two tallest men won first and third. How much they weigh probably isn't as much of a difference for them because boys are built stronger than girls most of the time. So, the height of a person who is jumping triple does matter. If you are a guy and are tall, you should try the triple jump because you have more of a chance over someone not as tall. If you're a girl and are in the 5'7'' range, the triple jump is perfect for you.
If I were given another chance to do this project or anyone else wanted to research it, I would recommend comparing weight vs distance because weight might have affected the women and I want to see if this is true.
P.S. I hope I haven't discouraged anyone from trying the Triple Jump if you are not the perfect height. It's really fun and is worth giving a try.
Were you able to come up with an equation(s) to represent your data?
ReplyDeleteDid you pick out random people from the Olympics or did you search up many different people and saw who was the tallest? I really enjoyed your project as well. I liked how you showed the picture on how to triple jump and how you showed 2 different graphs.
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