Why swap equipment every two minutes?
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- Karen Chu, Lizzy Skrzypiec and Bob Hagh face a question about swap-out sport stuff.
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Chessboxing mentioned! For those curious, the chess rounds last 4 minutes and the boxing rounds last 3 minutes in WCBO sanctioned matches. It's one of the greatest sports to watch!
Wait, this is real? I thought she made it up...
"So a hot puck's bad?" 5:20 Well, personally, I think a hot Puck makes A Midsummer Night's Dream even better.
God tier comment.
World Indecisiveness Championship. Flights to attend are always expensive because they only manage to pick a venue two days before the event.
Baseballs are changed rather frequently. As soon as it hits dirt, the next play will have a new ball.
baseball drama is one hell of a rabbit hole if you go down it. They are rubbed with magical secret dirt, and that is only the start of it.
I went baseball right away. The major leagues go through about a quarter million baseballs a year.
And they’re stitched by hand which is even more insane when you take in to account the number of new balls they go through in a single game, let alone an entire season (162 games) for 30 MLB teams.
I like both baseball and cricket and it's always interesting to me how many differences even just in ball behaviour there are. A cricket ball is in play for entire matches in everything except multi-day test cricket. A new ball is only allowed after 80 overs (480 deliveries (bowls)) and fans may be delighted to catch a ball struck for a 6, but the ball is to be thrown back onto the field immediately!
Is that why they mostly look so clean?
First thought - chess boxing. Can't wait to see how wrong - or right - I am!
I was immediately thinking of chess boxing too
I was sure it was a shuttlecock, as the feathers would probably fall of from whacking it too many times.
Good thing I don't have feathers then!
I don’t think the feathers fall off, but they need to be precisely balanced, and a few whacks could quickly throw them off.
@@timwildauer5063they do eventually fall off but you'd want to change it before that happens
Shuttlecock was what I thought first, too.
Dang, I knew the answer, but got completely thrown by the question.
I thought it was American Football, because every two minutes they have a commercial break.
Yeah, my instant thought was "hockey, tennis, or baseball."
Yeah, the question threw me off, too. Was expecting a game where play stopped exactly every 2 minutes and its not uncommon for 2 minutes to go by in hockey and not get a stopage.
I knew about the reason for the ideal temperature of pucks myself, but unfortunately the way the question was phrased, baseball, tennis, gridiron football... probably a couple others I could mention but can't think of at the moment, all do the same thing in frequently changing the object you hit, kick or throw.
This lineup is one of my favorites on this channel. They immediately start tackling the problem with really actionable questions, but they still make it fun
I'm surprised badminton wasn't mentioned. They're made of real goose feathers and have exceeded 500 mph. Seeing one hit in slow motion shows a ton of deformation and damage to the feathers happens regularly.
You mean kmh? If not wth, that's insane. Even in kmh is insane. Learn something new everyday.
@@crazywilly85The world record is 493 kmh but during play they have only recorded 417 kmh
@@kf10147 Damn, that's is insane speed for something so light.
Calvinball! The best sport ever. (Thanks to Bill Watterson.)
When I was a kid, we played a card game called TEGWAR - The Exciting Game Without Any Rules- which was basically Calvin Cards :)
I only went to the comments to make sure someone put some respect on Calvinball
Well done to the thumbnail maker for throwing us off with a ping-pong image.
WAAAAAHH, I DID NOT KNOW THIS. I LOVE THIS SHOW.
0:43 to 0:47 was such a delightful rollercoaster of emotions.
I was wrong - right general concept but I was thinking more tennis or table tennis where the ball might be changed out frequently. The question they didn't ask, which I wanted to know, was whether it was changed out a) precisely every 2 minutes, b) on average about 2 minutes between swaps, or c) as soon as possible after 2 minutes.
Because if it was 'a' then you'd know the sport had some kind of play clock that ensured play stopped each 2 minutes to allow the swap. If it was 'b' then that might have supported tennis if (not sure) they swapped the ball every serve or two -- some serves are an ace and play lasts a second or so; some generate rallies that might last several minutes. But it was actually 'c'.
Tom did say that its "Every two minutes or so, whenever there's a stop in play", so your guess could have met the criteria
Waited for the Calvinball mention; was not disappointed!
Say it with me: if you answer it right off the bat, you get mystery bisquits. I was half expecting Tom to fight an instinctive reaction to mention them
Extremely Crazy golf- new holes every two minutes
I assumed it was pointy (American) football. They do change balls something like that often, and in addition to that, there are two varieties, regular play balls and separate set for kicking plays.
My first thought was it could be something where either the entire round takes 2 minutes or one single turn takes 2 minutes. Curling came to mind for the latter, I don't think it would quite take two minutes per turn but the stone of focus changes each turn and it would take quite a while with the sweeping and the waiting for the stones to all sit and the judging the angle to throw and whatnot. In a similar vein something like diving the only focus is the person, and the person would indeed change after their 3 dives which probably takes over 2 minutes but still that kind of ballpark.
Ok.
So the way the question was pronounced it was "the main objective" not "the main object of".
Also, the puck definitely doesn't get replaced every 2 minutes on a schedule
he quite clearly said "the main object of play", wash your ears out.
Seems like it might be helpful for the players to be able to read the questions as text to avoid misinterpretations.
@@SoapyWetDish But "object" can also mean "objective" in the context of games.
@@SoapyWetDish It's also written on the screen at the same time...
@@DerekHartley
Also considering the context "the main objective play" makes no sense, especially when compared to "the main object of play"
Very relevant question considering the World Championship in question started the day after this video came out
Honestly, people are citing lots of examples, but at a professional level, this is almost every ball sport to some extent. Pros get very picky about the characteristics of the equipment in play, and play almost always causes that equipment to deteriorate to a degree they'll notice within a few minutes. Hence: soccer/association football changes the ball essentially every time it goes out of play, American football changes the ball out every play *and* requires each team to supply game balls their team will use while on offense, Baseball uses a brand new ball every at-bat or more, Hockey was already covered by the video, tennis players will carry pockets full of balls and choose the one with the best bounce for every serve, golf pros will change out balls for putting, and on, and on and on....
I was really hoping it was so they could sell massive loads of souvenir pucks, each of which was officially used in a real match.
First time I have the right answer imediately
Initial Guess: curling
mine was golf as play time is really short per round
Same here.
As a Canadian, the second half of this was painful to watch. 😅
One of my favourite things to do in Canada is to refer to it as "ice hockey"
@pikekeke and rightly so, because real hockey is played on grass
Holy cow, I haven't thought of Calvinball in years.
I was confident it was something like Ping Pong balls, and surprised the guests didn't immediately think of a ball/object that gets beat on by the players.
About a third of the way through I though it would be something like archery, where each competitor has a certain amount of time to shoot all the targets and then they'd change the targets out.
I thought shooting for the same reason.
first thought: darts. second thought: car tires in racing. both thoughts indicate mostly that i don't know anything about sports.
Hey, one of the few I knew the answer to (not that I was certain because there isn’t always a stoppage in play every two minutes, but it was my guess nonetheless).
First time I instantly knew the answer! The temperature matters.
Disappointed I didn't need to refer to my subscription of "Obscure Sports Quarterly" to answer this one...
Bob is a certified yapper
The chess boxing guess was really good
Ah I misunderstood the question. When it said "main object of play" I thought of objective rather than a physical object.
See also baseballs being changed after being hit, getting dirty, and of course cricket and tennis balls being changed after x amount of time / gameplay.
I interpreted that phrase the same way, and Lizzy might have, too. In that way, chess boxing is a fantastic answer!
Good timing on this youtube post, the 2024 ice hockey world championships begin tomorrow!
"Ooooo! OOOOOO!... Oh."
Pretty much my thoughts for most of these to be honest.
I misinterpreted this as "the main objective of play" (another sense of the word "object") and started thinking in terms of Counter-Strike, where a two-minute round has distinct phases of attack and then defend. But it's far more physical than that.
is this chessboxing?
I guessed the same, but no.
1 minute into the video: It isn't. But I'm glad I could agree with the hottest contestant to date
Wait, that's actually a thing?! I thought she'd just invented it!
UA-camr Andrea botez did it a few months ago
Calvinball was my first guess too
I was sure it was polo until the ice stuff started coming up. But chukkas are seven minutes long, not two.
Are the replaced pucks put back in the freezer to be reused later, or are they permanently retired?
"Main object of play" is pretty vague term. I interpreted that prase as "the goal that players are trying to achieve". In that way, chess boxing is an excellent answer!
My first guess was chase tag with them changing who's the chaser
In drag racing the teams race for 4 seconds and then spend an hour changing equipment (rebuilding the whole engine)
I was going to complain about the thumbnail spoiling it but it was a red herring which I love. My guess was the ball in ping pong.
Not sure why tennis would not be a valid answer to the same question: since they are constantly changing the balls in tennis as well, and the "2 minutes" part was a red herring.
@@jamesphillips2285 There is a sort of gun-game with Table tennis where the bat is changed afer every point won. Items to replace the bat include slippers, frying pans, and tablets
I read it as objective like others and so i giddily said "Flux" which isn't even a sport and probably doesn't have a world championship lol
I was so confident with Tag when the question was read. I was very wrong
my first thought before clicking on the video and hearing the actual question is that it would be something to do with short radioactive half lives. now i want to see nuclear hockey
As a hockey fan... I'm shocked 😅
Sometimes, it feels like tennis players change their racquets and balls every two minutes 🤣
It can't be Calvinball. Calvinball's rules get made up while playing it, which basically means it has no rules. If there was a 2 minute time frame for it it would have a rule.
A game of Mornington Crescent in which players may only take Tube rides that last less than two minutes between stations.
I was thinking darts because the holes created in the target might affect how the darts stick to it
Wonder they don't make the puck from something less bouncy than rubber, I guess steel is too heavy.
Puck's a good dog. 😀
Funny.. I immediately thought of American Football where they basically swap the football after almost every snap. But that might actually be quite a bit less than two minutes of play on average.. 🤔
I misunderstood the question, and I think the candidates did too. I heard the objective of play changes every 2 minutes.
Careful question writing
I had to read the subtitle, because it kept sounding like Tom was saying "objective play" instead of "object of play"... Do Brits just say "object" with the accent on the second syllable instead of the first or is it just something about that phrase?
Why don't they just make pucks that behave as intended at the expected temperatures?
I was thinking about Cricket until I remembered that it's the opposite way.
The ball getting worn down is part of the game, so it's important that they keep the same ball in play the whole time.
the ball in cricket does get changed if it gets unusual damage. they do want to keep the wear levels but not the damage. so they will replace the ball with a none damaged one that has been worn down to a similar level
"2 minutes" was misleading.
As was "main object of play". Like, who says it that way?
@@Leafsdude nerds
I like the idea that after two minutes, the puck gets changed. Mid penalty, it gets replaced
I was going just the opposite, that it was getting too cold...
Curling.
I thought 'Shot put' at first, then clay pigeon shooting or javelin throwing. Nope. none of those.
Lol, This made me think of another sport, the question would be a bit different though:
In which sport is the main target changed every 20 seconds of game time?
Can you guess it?
World Chase Tag
CalvinBall.
A relay race of silly walks where they only get 2 minutes per section to really strut their stuff
Calvinball
My guess was the balls in tennis.
Edit: I am incorrect it seems. See the replies for the IIHF sport regulations (not rules) and an example of the procedure in the NHL.
As a hockey fan this is a bit of a misleading answer. While it's true that they have a supply of pucks in a freezer in the scorekeepers area at the penalty box, they don't really swap the pucks every two minutes or at every stop in play. They'll only really change it if it goes out of play into the crowd, or if a player scores their first career goal or a milestone (100th g, 500th pt, etc) and they pick up the puck to keep. They will also probably take a new one for each of three periods (nice to have a game used puck to get someone to sign and sell it) but in general only about a dozen pucks are used per game. Much less than one every two minutes.
Baseball may have been a better answer here as in that sport every time the ball touches the ground or even just if the pitcher feels like it they use a new ball. They use about 100 balls a game.
Also it always sounds so weird when people call it "ice hockey" and not just hockey.
For IIHF championships and Olympics it's every 2 minutes, or as soon as possible thereafter. See page 47: blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/downloads/regulations/2023/2023_iihf_sport_regulations.pdf
@@lateralcast You know what, I guess I'm proven incorrect at least for IIHF games. I did go check the NHL and IIHF rulebooks before I made my comment and they did not include anything about changing the puck but did miss the sporting regulations document! I coudn't find any document about the NHL but it seems they too change the puck a bit more often than I realized. I did find this video and at 4:23 in it you can see a document from the Oilers arena where they write down the time every time they change the puck. Looks like they used 20 pucks through the game which is a puck every three minutes.
ua-cam.com/video/FLC0zEljfuk/v-deo.htmlsi=Ov_pvYoJSYnlxyzT&t=263
Great question and great podcast overall. Whether this is Tom himself commenting or one of the producers of the show, keep up the good work.
Spoiler for the answer
How much does the
Temperature of the
Hockey puck change?
I don't have a number to put on it, but it goes from frozen to kinda warmish
surely it's expected that during a hot puck there is, indeed, an amount of bouncing up and down?
This is the first one in a long time where I knew the answer immediately. Always funny watching non-sports people struggle so mightily with sports questions lol
Find me a group of people who know less about sports: mission impossible.
why is there a table tennis player if you talk about something completely different... that's completely wrong advertisement!
To avoid spoilers.
@@lateralcast fair enough, I removed my spoiler... but that wasn't a good move from you guys. that's like click bait for all table tennis people 😒
Every two minutes? That seems ridiculous to me. Couldnt the bouncyness be solved by material science? Someone get a horde of undergrads doing the research. Scrub that just make someone do a PHD on hockeypug bounciness. That knowledge is mildly infuriating to me
Again, really crap thumbnail ruining the video.
Did they change it in the meantime?