Measurements in Sports

Measurements are important in order for sports to be fair. They use it so that they can keep accurate time, the pressure of the ball, measuring distances for competition and for the design of the fields.


To ensure fairness in the Olympics, it is important to check the pressures of inflatable sports balls like footballs and volleyballs, as this Will affect if the ball bounces or nor correctly. If this is not correct, it can affect the players while playing.



In other sports, millimetres can separate losers from winners in archery to the 42,195 metres of a marathon, exact distances are part of many Olympic events.Rods and rulers are often used to mark out distances. When they choose objects to do measurements, they tend to look for the ones that are not affected by temperature.

As a way of calculating the Mass. Not only is the mass of practically every item of equipment specified, athletes too are sorted into groups according to their mass. For instance, adult are divided into categories like  male weightlifters. Also if an ítem of equipment is heavier or lighter that what is standarised they can be disqualified.

Another key aspect is the Speed. In the Olympics, in games such as cycling, they use speedometers to measure their perfomace,This also happens with marathon runners who use GPS to determine their speed.