Larry Bird said his coach told him this when he was a kid. He said that having the knowledge of the actual size of the hoop in relationship to the ball made a difference.
â@@EgiszukasWhat do you mean by this? Two balls fit perfectly in an NBA size hoop. So unless you're playing on some random knock off hoops he's right.
Diameter of a regulation ball is 9.5â and of a hoop is 18â so they canât fit side by side unless your balls are deflated but close enough for Tyson
Agreed. I had heard this year's ago and me and two guys went to a local sporting goods store. It was close, but they needed to be forced through. I lost the bet.
This is accurate I have gotten multiple basketballs stuck in the hoops it's much bigger then most people realize it's just an angle you see in making it look smaller then it is lol
@@iyanuoluwaajibade9693 And? That's his job. Niel is a science communicator. His whole thing is trying to get people interested in science, which he does exceptionally well. That's like making fun of the basketball players for dribbling down the court
@@iyanuoluwaajibade9693 You keep changing what you're saying. You said he's not answering the question. Then I refuted that by saying Niel implied that he may have forgotten it, which means he either learned it recently or relearned it. So he literally answered the question. Then you went on to say "that's why he answers questions trying to look for a wow moment," to which I said that's his job. He's trying to get people interested in science and he does so expertly. Then you went back to your first statement about Niel not answering what he's asked, which I already refuted. Come on dude. Do better.
â @@iswiftyfox8997if thatâs the qualifying statement, why not two beach balls? They are bigger and as long as their radius is less than the radius of the hoop they too can âfit between the hoop, but not go throughâ
I love how when being asked about something he learned recently he mentions something he remembers learning as a kid so did Neil just straight up know everything from that point onward and that's the last thing he learned or since then has he gone through every single fact that he's now revisiting them... he's going to lap all us mortals đ
Neil's wrong. As he so often is. A basketball is 9.5 inches in diameter. A hoop is 18 inches in diameter. A hoop has a little less than 3.6 times the area.
@@lancekovacs9298 He goes nuts when a biblical passage rounds pi to 3. So let him be judged by his own standards. At any rate, two basketballs side by side won't fit through a hoop. Neil is a source of a lot of misinformation. Most of the steaming nuggets Neil pulls out are harmless. But his wrong history is offensive. The worst being his slander against Isaac Newton.
@@HopDavidyou are taking what he said way out of the context just so that you could have something stupid to say. He literally said can fit side by side! He never said go in at the same time.
And the best thing is the fact that in my school, there are hoops a little bigger than the ball but when the net gets changed, sometimes the ball gets stuck at the end so you may now realize how small it must be haha
My mom told me this when I was a kid. But the reason it's hard to get the ball through the hoop comes down to the number of possible positions in space that the ball could occupy vs. how many of those positions don't involve the ball touching the rim. Anyone who's ever tried throwing a small rock through a chain link fence can understand the concept. You'd think, oh, this rock is so small and the gaps on the fence are so much larger, it'll go right through. But you're actually more likely to hit the fence than not, because of this ratio. Depending on the size of the rock (and a rock worth throwing at all is going to be bigger than a pebble...), there are more possible ways for the rock to hit the fence than there are ways for the rock to completely avoid touching the fence at all.
What makes it easier to score is, being able to grip the ball with one hand, & your leg muscles ability to get your bodies weight up high enough, to get that gripped ball high enough, that you can put the ball through the rim. At least with dunking the ball that is.
4x the area... the important thing is that 50% of a ball diameter off perfect centre and you hit the rim (but probably still go through) and 1 ball diameter off centre and it's pretty much a guaranteed miss. So your accuracy needs to be better than the diameter of the ball.
Larry Bird said his coach told him this when he was a kid. He said that having the knowledge of the actual size of the hoop in relationship to the ball made a difference.
being able to shoot well also made a big difference lol
@@Darrakkiithat boy was a threat fr lol
Mentality will always make a difference. Sometimes thinking sometimes simply believing something is easy will make that thing easier.
being Larry fucking Bird also made a pretty big difference I bet
That's not the only rim where such a relationship exists.
He basically said my jumper is ass đ
Ong im mad asfđđ
Someone had to.
đ couldn't be me
Someone had to break it to you gang
Dumper*
"what is something you learned recently?"
Neil: 'I THINK I KNEW THIS AS A KID'
You couldn't make any better, and actually accurate jokes?
Every time Neil speaks, its a joke
Dude stopped learning after that
Recently he did the math
"I knew this as a kid" implies that he has forgotten it at some point.
I was shocked at first, but then remembered those people who dunk their entire bodies through the rim.
Lmao right?! That always cracks me up
why would u be shocked
Bro said your just bad in the smartest way possibleđđ
I have only been watching basketball for over 20 years. I just learned that today...
You and me BOTH! đźđ
Bro you gotta start touching grassđđđđevery kid knows this because we use to have to play outside
@@GTE23he said hes been watching for over 20 years lad, heâs quite obviously not a kid
Then go try fit two balls side by side in to the hoop, then you will finally understand that that there's a lot of idiots in the world đ
â@@EgiszukasWhat do you mean by this? Two balls fit perfectly in an NBA size hoop. So unless you're playing on some random knock off hoops he's right.
"What's something you learned recently? I think I knew this as a kid"đ
he means he learned it recently but he think he already knew that when he was younger, he could have just forgot
you've never learned the actual terms behind concepts you had initially grasped as a kid but couldn't express?
Neil deGRIFT Tyson. Speaks with authority. Knows fucking nothing. He is a product.
So, he said in very nice terms that i just dont play good enough
Jamie pull up that video of a Grizzly dunking from the free-throw line
Man shut up
Wow what a funny and original comment đ«„
@@rickyj1250 pls delete your account thx
@rickyj1250 Wow đ I was looking for this exact comment
@@rickyj1250 it was funny first, but it's really annoying the 3738274th time dude
The photo of 2 balls stuck on top the hoop tells me they in fact can NOT pass side by side THROUGH the hoop
Some balls are bigger than others ay đ
To be pedantic like Neil, he didn't say they could PASS through he said they fit side by side. Which technically they do đ€·ââïž
If one was shot before the other they will appear side by side and then go in. But that has to be like perfect timing
â@@subliminal-damage is that an Alex O'Connor word? Or maybe from Piers Morgan? "Pedantic?"
â@@TsaoneMajuta, Greek
đ he just called out all đ players for being weak sauce little babies. I love this guy.
đ haha itâs true tho
If it was so easy, everyone would do itđ
@@VancePeifferyeah I think the part that missing is âup closeâ which is why Fg% at the rim is really high for tall and athletic players
iâd like to see your basketball highlights bud
You probably got rejected by a girl Who plays basketball đđ
This makes Klay Thompson going 0/10 in an elimination game look even worse.
It's 0 for 40 if u take in the dimensions đ
And that just proves I suck even more at basketball than I thought I did
Diameter of a regulation ball is 9.5â and of a hoop is 18â so they canât fit side by side unless your balls are deflated but close enough for Tyson
This is the most underrated comment on this video
Agreed. I had heard this year's ago and me and two guys went to a local sporting goods store. It was close, but they needed to be forced through. I lost the bet.
@@matthewlester5515 because it's the truth.
His balls _are_ deflated, your point is moot.
Yeah I mean Iâve definitely seen 2 balls get stuck when everyone was shooting around. But I thought NDT was all about exactness
I really donât think anyone complained about the rim being to small. Well Iâve never heard that
This is accurate I have gotten multiple basketballs stuck in the hoops it's much bigger then most people realize it's just an angle you see in making it look smaller then it is lol
What's something you learn recently?
Proceed to say something he knew what he was a kid
He implied that he may have forgotten it, which means he either did learn it recently or relearned it recently
@@zechariah22 that's the way he answers question trying to look for wow moment from you.
@@iyanuoluwaajibade9693 And? That's his job. Niel is a science communicator. His whole thing is trying to get people interested in science, which he does exceptionally well. That's like making fun of the basketball players for dribbling down the court
@@zechariah22 is job is answering the questions that's not asked?
@@iyanuoluwaajibade9693 You keep changing what you're saying. You said he's not answering the question. Then I refuted that by saying Niel implied that he may have forgotten it, which means he either learned it recently or relearned it. So he literally answered the question.
Then you went on to say "that's why he answers questions trying to look for a wow moment," to which I said that's his job. He's trying to get people interested in science and he does so expertly.
Then you went back to your first statement about Niel not answering what he's asked, which I already refuted. Come on dude. Do better.
2 balls can fit side by side. Proceeds to show a picture of 2 balls side by side stuck in a hoop đ
Not that they can go all the way through the net but they both fit inside the hoop
â @@iswiftyfox8997if thatâs the qualifying statement, why not two beach balls? They are bigger and as long as their radius is less than the radius of the hoop they too can âfit between the hoop, but not go throughâ
@@bma8013because basketballs are the ones used in the sport? ObviouslyâŠ
@@LL-od6rdmy point was, what he said was not true. why say they fit when they clearly do not? Might as well exaggerate even more at that point.
Yeah dog. Thatâs exactly what was shown. Seems like youâre missing something
I love how Niel will say a fact that you can get from a weird but true book, but make it sound like a huge scientific breakthrough lol!
Lmao this is the same argument my 9th grade math teacher about how basketball was an âeasy gameâ that anyone could get into đđđ
Neil tryna make himself feel better that other people are also good at things.
OK
Football(socket) goal is 160 000 times biger than ball, it should be easier to score.
there isnt a basket keeper but there is a goalkeeper đ€Šââïž
There's a fuckin keeper blocking it and that's not accurate at all. Just picture this. Do you really think you need 160,000 to fill up a goal
24 x 12 size 5 you sure đđ
@@iam16.you tell 7â4 Wembanyama that heâs not a basket keeper/blocker, try shooting the ball over that
â@@isaiahbernal4943lol the literally a hand in you face when shooting. Shots are heavily contested.
Bro takes the gun out of everything đđđ«
For context, Neil was asked if he wanted a glass of water
Yet Neil plays like Stanley from the office
Letâs see Neil go do that then bet it ainât as easy as it looks
Learning the basics of projectile motion in high school made me good at shooting hoops
This was Neil's reply when asked what he wants for lunch
Only Dr Tyson can make you look at a basketball game completely different.
I love how when being asked about something he learned recently he mentions something he remembers learning as a kid so did Neil just straight up know everything from that point onward and that's the last thing he learned or since then has he gone through every single fact that he's now revisiting them... he's going to lap all us mortals đ
He said he THINKS, he most likely forgot and learned again
Ngl, I have never thought the rim should be bigger after I missed a hoop
WRONG! Basketball hoop 18 inches. Basketball 9.5 inches Ă 2 = 19 inches.
I checked too. AI said its wrong
Neil's wrong. As he so often is.
A basketball is 9.5 inches in diameter. A hoop is 18 inches in diameter.
A hoop has a little less than 3.6 times the area.
Two womenâs basketballs can fit in a rim and nearly two Menâs balls can.
Thatâs pretty close to what he said đ he just rounded up
@@lancekovacs9298 He goes nuts when a biblical passage rounds pi to 3. So let him be judged by his own standards.
At any rate, two basketballs side by side won't fit through a hoop.
Neil is a source of a lot of misinformation. Most of the steaming nuggets Neil pulls out are harmless. But his wrong history is offensive.
The worst being his slander against Isaac Newton.
@@HopDavidyou are taking what he said way out of the context just so that you could have something stupid to say. He literally said can fit side by side! He never said go in at the same time.
@@Bucck_50 Side by side means side by side. You have just explosively filled your pants.
He's very gifted at making trivial things seem mind blowing
Dude the dunks where they literally just throw it into the hoop are so fucking cool.
Please lord baby jesus. Never let neil talking about sports ever cross my feed again
That's only one balls on top of the other one both of them can't fit side by side in the room that's not true
it's pretty hilarious that neal can't even understand the physics of basketball
He basically just said âeverything is in your headâ just in different terms đ
2 am and your friend is sitting next to you trying to explain how tacos arenât burritos and you just donât care đ
Neil could have just said "you're just bad bro" but he chose to be polite đ
Whatâs something you learned recently
Neil: Nothing, but something I learned as a kidâŠ
I did that with some random kids during practice one time
âUnderstand before being understoodâ
"what's something you learned recently?"
"50 years ago i learned that..."
Thank you Neil I can finally start making 3 pointers now that I know this
When I was a kid, I always aimed for the backboard or the front of the rim if I wanted to make it in.
What did you learn recently?: proceeds to tell something he learned as a kid
This is true my basketball club was practising layups and we manage to do this, are coach was suprised to see this
Neil knows everything. Stuff he doesn't know, he actually knew as a kid.
Neil talking about scoring the basketball and they showing Andre Robertson's FT shooting is diabolical
This is why I scroll as soon as I see his face
I would love to see a jre with neil again where joe just say ye i knew that to everything he says
He just said "skill issue" but in science
jordan lowkey took a trip on that middle cli
Thatâs why every person above 6â1â, should be playing basketball.
And the best thing is the fact that in my school, there are hoops a little bigger than the ball but when the net gets changed, sometimes the ball gets stuck at the end so you may now realize how small it must be haha
âTwo basketballs can fit through the rim simultaneouslyâ
*shows picture of two balls not fitting through the hoop simultaneously*
If I would have know this⊠I could have gone Pro.
Bro score some then đ
He watched a dexton short đđ
Bro really just said my aim was just trash
Hey Neil, you know where the bathroom is?
Neil:
Aint nobody ever said âoh if the rim was bigger il be able to make more â đđđđ
Calculus: 4 times larger area
Statistics: i know you don't like me
He was asked what his favorite NBA team is
Bro called me ass respectfully
Something learned recently... when i was a kid đ
Exactly my point about the difference between snooker and pool
The ball's in the hoop before it leaves my hands - Jordan
I swear the nets in school were the size of the ball It would literally get stuck
Mans said skill issue
Someone send this to Vsauce
So which team are you rooting for the most this season?
Neil:
Wait till he finds out the size of a soccer ball compared to the goal net
I love how the guy dunking traveled
Knowing that and aiming for that box ensures you make it about every time!
Use this in football and you'll be mind blown đ
I'm a simple person: whenever I see Mr Neil, I scroll to the next short
I had been playing basketball for about 5 years when i needed to change a net. I go up the ladder and im like: Woah, no way its that big
It's how they travel half of the court without dribbling
I haven't missed since i adopted this method
Cool story, Neil. I knew this when I was 6 years old. He tries to explain it like it's mind blowing
In soccer the size of the goal changes depending on angle of attack. At extremes the goal is less wide than the ball
My mom told me this when I was a kid. But the reason it's hard to get the ball through the hoop comes down to the number of possible positions in space that the ball could occupy vs. how many of those positions don't involve the ball touching the rim. Anyone who's ever tried throwing a small rock through a chain link fence can understand the concept. You'd think, oh, this rock is so small and the gaps on the fence are so much larger, it'll go right through. But you're actually more likely to hit the fence than not, because of this ratio. Depending on the size of the rock (and a rock worth throwing at all is going to be bigger than a pebble...), there are more possible ways for the rock to hit the fence than there are ways for the rock to completely avoid touching the fence at all.
Soccer: Am i a joke to you?
Bro just made me lose respect for the half court buzzer beaters đ
This man be having the most random unwanted facts Iâve ever heard lol
When you watch Basketball on TV you don't realise the size of the hoop........
But standing under one you know the hoop is a lot bigger than the ball
I just realized American hoops are much larger than European at least where I live. The diameter of the hoop is about 1.5 that of a ball
He said, "skill issue"
I thought he was gonna mention that it's the perfect size so 2 balls cannot go in at the same time.
I learned a flat rock skips the same distance no matter which side hit the water
This is why Kyrie makes almost unbelievable like layups, he understands this concept very well and also contributes it with the back board .
Neil just loves the sound of his voice
What makes it easier to score is, being able to grip the ball with one hand, & your leg muscles ability to get your bodies weight up high enough, to get that gripped ball high enough, that you can put the ball through the rim. At least with dunking the ball that is.
He learned that animals eat loads of plants đ
Iâd school up NDT. He wouldnât think itâs easy to score if I guarded him đźđ
Bro said I suck st basketball in every language
He was the last man chosen for the team ahah
4x is crazy
4x the area... the important thing is that 50% of a ball diameter off perfect centre and you hit the rim (but probably still go through) and 1 ball diameter off centre and it's pretty much a guaranteed miss. So your accuracy needs to be better than the diameter of the ball.