Gridiron physics: Scalars and vectors - Michelle Buchanan

[@TEDEd]

Thanks everyone for the feedback on the title. We edited it to distinguish between the two sports. Our bad!

[@hellsbells9670]

In my math class, scalars and vectors was pretty much boring graphs + boring explanation...and repeat. This was creative and it helped me understand. Thanks Michelle & TEDEd!

[@prim16]

Great, I'll never think of football the same way again.

[@valid759]

The thumbnail does show an American football field, and the thumbnail is also kinda part of the title

[@antivanti]

I like the part where they use some obscure subject I know nothing about to explain things I already know. =)

[@Qmkwatson]

Useless knowledge: european edition Lesson one: physics in a game which nobody understand in Europe

[@bryanjiang]

MORE PHYSICS! WE DEMAND MORE PHYSICS VIDEOS!

[@sqnkk]

Could they have made this less annoying.

[@santanzotss]

This really helped

[@brandenowens]

dear teacher's show this to the kids who say they will never need this math in life

[@DonRade]

Not in the description...

[@nigelmckee3058]

The youtube part of ted has always had a basics kind of feel to it. Apart from maybe s couple of history ones. So i don't expect the same as ted talks. But these vids always have great analogies and graphics.

[@MathCuriousity]

Will someone please explain to me why some mathematicians consider vectors and points identical when they are so clearly fundamentally different regardless of if they happen to have the same x and y elements!!!!

[@jamesonroy3375]

I was hoping for less basic physics but good video for people new to kinematics

[@HawkOfLight1]

This does not incorporate the psychological, or physical part of the game making this play nether believable or unbelievable. It is nothing more than a mathematical prediction on how a play should go, and that is what a coach is for. Except they would have most likely incorporated those two things into the play.

[@superpoepvlieg]

"If it was titled "water polo physics" then it would be a misleading title." This is exactly what I mean. It is misleading, because it's not about football. It's about American football.

[@Zwerggoldhamster]

"It's not about football, but *insert what it is about here*"

[@MrMegaps3master]

it is about football, if the video was titled "shade physics" one could assume that the video is about an are with no sun but the video is in reality about a shade of color but that does not mean the the title is misleading. If it was titled "water polo physics" then it would be a misleading title.

[@floundericiousWA]

never mind...they edited the title before I saw it.

[@Tamizushi]

Unless I'm mistaken, American football fields are measured in yards even in Europe...

[@fireclaw90a51]

Just watched this for school

[@AlwaysHaveaMontage]

Well done!

[@4plainlimbs]

Thanks!

[@MultiPaulinator]

The main reason most Americans find that type of complaint to be ridiculously pedantic is because it's nothing more than a dialectical difference. It would be the same as us getting mad at Europeans for referring to french fries as "chips".

[@MrMegaps3master]

in america it is

[@jasonan3461]

how is it misleading?

[@JayLikesLasers]

Who is the audience for this thing? The internet is not as unintelligent as the producers assumed.

[@Sarge1886]

Science. It's literally everywhere

[@4plainlimbs]

every country in the world, bar america calls "soccer" football, or a word derived or at least looks/ sounds like football, so for the vast majority of people this video will look like a "soccer" vid, thumbnail doesn't help either.

[@MrMegaps3master]

how so?

[@superpoepvlieg]

Ah, I actually stopped watching the video after 30 seconds. But you're right, I have to apologize, the only question I have now is, why is this on TED? I learned all this when I was 15, not even kidding.

[@miskee11]

Everything can be broken down to numbers.

[@Mhyque]

Canada also calls it soccer.

[@guitarplayer1293]

for a moment i read "Michelle Bachmann" ...

[@moneymayhem2000]

precisely

[@imbsalstha]

yeah,so who wins!

[@Fewawidood]

Lol, the title was changed just after I watched it

[@7he5t1g]

A vector as a length, a direction AND a orientation. Just saying.

[@muffinproject]

No, you're welcome to bitch about fries. Because they originated in Belgium where they were called 'frieten' and later in France 'pommes frites'. Both terms of course referring to the act of frying, so 'fries' makes sense. In regards to Football, that's the worst possible choice, since it is obviously more based on rugby than on 'soccer'. How about 'scrimball' or 'scrimmage' which is something unique (as far as I know) to North American football. Or handegg, which is fine by me too... ;)

[@tombweisner]

1: GCSE level 2. Imperial is 'wrong' 3. This is not football

[@mysticphysh]

My question...Is there a science that explains why the defense would line up a linebacker against the "best receiver"? Was the defensive coordinator drunk or maybe just went for a hotdog? :D

[@TheBlablablamrfreema]

Use the metric system and your life will be a lot easier.

[@waaa9waaa9waaa9]

This is more like maths than physics.

[@superpoepvlieg]

But we're not in the USA, are we?

[@SuperSmokiee]

Captions on 0:26 = Contractor in the mail porno safety this exact opposite match up that they want ..dafuq?

[@Tamizushi]

The football vs soccer debate is boring the heck out of me.

[@superpoepvlieg]

Because it's not about football.

[@nassir480]

Football is science !! Am never watching it again they are trying to teach me

[@superpoepvlieg]

What do you mean, but?

[@che205chris]

Haha that play was terrible. What quarterback would lob the ball in the air like that.

[@Melancholyhills]

You should name this game soccer.

[@TheGokki]

Nice, but not with metric values.

[@tombweisner]

never you worry your confused mind!

[@jaieet]

*freedom fries Puts the whole world into perspective, doesn't it? =P

[@stoltobot]

*imperial

[@muhammedmehdiduysak2759]

İs this really a lesson

[@jmac217x]

Wow that was entirely pointless. You should have renamed it "Basic Physics"...

[@SoggyTeeV]

NFL is like slow rugby

[@Trancecend]

Ehm yeah, the football part put me off

[@Zwerggoldhamster]

But?

[@4plainlimbs]

American football*

[@vimzyview]

Didn't understand a thing....

[@FlapjackGTHD]

misleading title. :(

[@supremeon1]

this is not football !!! it looks like rugby...

[@floundericiousWA]

..until the next commentator comes along...

[@melanodis]

this is such a bad way to explain these concepts wtf

[@sannutamm]

Handegg physics*

[@alexchris32]

i expected football and not the awful american version

[@blacktainfalcon7097]

Thanks for ruining football

[@rskbug]

Super boring.

[@razorback6111]

horrible defensive playcall

[@polychronio]

Gridiron is boring

[@chiefXC3]

so stingy

[@alexanderskublics6123]

wow so many dislikes! Probably all the brits...

[@jasonan3461]

XOXO

[@MrQwerty2524]

the GTFO

[@JohnDixon]

Cringe

[@MsRScienceClassK12]

I don't like football. Why does the vectors video have to be about something that is perceived as decidedly male? Please redo with a topic that is more universal and less detested. Football is one of the few sports they IQ test you before you start playing so colleges can track if you lose IQ points due to head injuries. Is TED promoting head injuries and brutality?

[@ryanmcquade7803]

I hope my kid is never in your class. Ms R.

[@kismetti6755]

omfg

[@Back-Track]

[@moneymayhem2000]

precisely