South African Sport ends racial Quotas!

[ivanvdm15]

Skin colour does have relation to talent.

Sprinters - predominantly black athletes (because of fast twitch muscle fibers, I think)
Swimmers - predominantly white athletes.

So there you go.....

It has nothing to do with colour it's just because black people like sprinting more than swimming.

 

[Sureshot]

Hooper -

Yep, the musculature of the Caucasian and the African are totally different, making each better at different sports.


The Caucasian has long, narrow muscles making them better at sports in which agility, endurance and a streamlined shape are a benefit. Africans have shorter and thicker muscles which are better at explosive sports, like sprinting, boxing, etc.

The exceptions are the Ethiopians and Kenyans from higher ground where they have the muscles resembling a Caucasians, and so they're better at endurance sports like long distance running.

This isn't 100%, but it's close to it.

IanF

So there is a physical difference, can't see that it makes a difference to whether you can catch/tackle/kick a ball.

 

[Adarsh]

So there is a physical difference, can't see that it makes a difference to whether you can catch/tackle/kick a ball.

Well, it's pretty hard to prove it either way, and there's not much evidence for it. Can't deny it though; they may well be better genetically so, meh.

The physical difference does make a huge difference though; it certainly is a big advantage.

It has nothing to do with colour it's just because black people like sprinting more than swimming.

Nope, it is due to genetics.

 

[baburao]

Thats good news.

 

[usy]

Skin colour does have relation to talent.

Sprinters - predominantly black athletes (because of fast twitch muscle fibers, I think)
Swimmers - predominantly white athletes.

So there you go.....

: everybody is ment to be the same.

 

[Hooper]

It has nothing to do with colour it's just because black people like sprinting more than swimming.

Haha doubt it. I am a good sprinter, but can't swim fast

Usy - Ok child.

 

[usy]

Usy - Ok child.

If I was a child, you?d be michael Jackson. So sheesh.:

 

[Sureshot]

Haha doubt it. I am a good sprinter, but can't swim fast

Usy - Ok child.

A sharks delight.

 

[Vcassano]

Haha doubt it. I am a good sprinter, but can't swim fast

It's a general rule, obviously not every white is a great swimmer and every black person a great sprinter.

 

[MattW]

Skin colour does have relation to talent.

Sprinters - predominantly black athletes (because of fast twitch muscle fibers, I think)
Swimmers - predominantly white athletes.

So there you go.....

Though the colour difference there is white and red. The 'predominantly black athletes' with the fast twitch fibres (you were right there), ironically would have more white muscle fibres than a 'white swimmer' (who would have more red ones, though the degree depends on what distance they swim). Neither of those affect skin colour though, it is perfectly possible for the opposite to happen, though the make up of muscle fibres is inherited, training hard can make up quite a lot of the difference (to the point where the difference is negligible).

 

[Hooper]

A sharks delight.

:cheesy

It's a general rule, obviously not every white is a great swimmer and every black person a great sprinter.

Yeah, I know.

Though the colour difference there is white and red. The 'predominantly black athletes' with the fast twitch fibres (you were right there), ironically would have more white muscle fibres than a 'white swimmer' (who would have more red ones, though the degree depends on what distance they swim). Neither of those affect skin colour though, it is perfectly possible for the opposite to happen, though the make up of muscle fibres is inherited, training hard can make up quite a lot of the difference (to the point where the difference is negligible).

Yeah, I thought it was fast twitch fibres.