Prank It FWD – Sumo VS. Football

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hey guys backyard scientist here and

today we're gonna be doing something a

little bit different today we're out

here with Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and

we're gonna be doing this year's prank

it forward video where we give some

deserving kids a chance to let out their

inner grain before we go meet the kids

let's talk about what we're going to be

doing in this video as you can see we

are on a football field then while I

might not be the biggest football fan in

the world I find the science behind it

super interesting you have these big

athletes powerful collisions generating

tons of force it's not all math because

even a smaller team can go up against a

larger more intimidating opponent and

still win so that got me thinking could

I use science to help kids go up against

a larger team and still win what about

somebody as large as this guy I'm coach

- I'm with the North Valley Golden Bears

North Valley Golden Bears is a program

that's been around 40-plus years we've

had a lot of kids that went on to do

great things and we're pretty much just

getting them ready for high school it's

not so much about winning or losing is

pretty much just about basic football

and preparing them for the next level my

boys are very strong they don't quit

they give us a hundred percent some of

the kids that we're gonna be playing are

a lot bigger than us so I want to get my

boys ready I think the kids are gonna be

a little surprised you know like I said

I have tough kids but to see that sumo

wrestler I think my kids are gonna be a

little worried but I think we will be

okay how you guys doing today alright we

have a very important guest today we

have a scientist that's gonna teach you

guys about the physics and how we can

hit and how we can be more safer so I

want you guys to pay attention to him

and let's show them a lot of respect

today guys got it alright so how are you

guys doing today no I have a scenario

for you I know you guys are football

champions right so save that then

fighting your game for their football

championship right Friday night it's a

big game and you're standing there on

the line and there's this one really big

guy just staring you down and he wants

to turn you into a pancake what do you

do go low a little bit get an extension

out yeah yeah that could work too and

you know why all those things work is

because of force now in science we use a

term called you know it's Newton's

second law force equals mass times

acceleration

pretty simple right well you got to take

into account that with your acceleration

is actually the derivative of Delta V

over delta T and if we're talking

velocity we also have to be talking

about mentum right so momentum here mass

times velocity and of course we need to

be talking about friction so dynamic

friction we have static friction which

is basically you know you're gotta come

over here and a friction which is yeah

that's pretty simple right I think you

guys got it I've got a friend that can

come out here and since you guys

understand all this so well you can run

some drills against him you can tackle

him he can tackle you it's gonna be a

pretty good time I think you guys can do

this all right

Buttercup come on out

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well we need a volunteer who's gonna try

first

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all right so who thinks they can take on

a sumo wrestler yeah all right let's do

it

combatants you may enter the ring Derek

come on in Remy

let's go okay take your positions

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three two one

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okay nobody was able to defeat Remmy so

going back to F equals MA we're gonna

either need to add more mass or some

more acceleration

let's try mass first Remmy how much do

you weigh 5 pounds 500 pounds what about

you Jeremiah how much do you weigh

76 pounds blessin 72 thousand 72 and

Derick 165 pounds okay so I think we

need about 70 you to equal the mass of

Remmy but I don't think that would ever

happen in a real game having seven on

one so let's try increasing our

acceleration if we just get a few you

guys to explode off the line and

increase your acceleration you should be

able to take him down

on the whistle three two three two three

two one

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let's bring it in all right guys you're

gonna be playing a lot of teams are

tough they're big they're heavy so if

you're facing opponents that are larger

than you scarier than you just remember

F equals MA so if you can't increase

your mass you got to increase your

acceleration you got to explode off the

line and really hit them hard

get them low and work as a team to bring

them down I believe you can do it all

right

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so these kids have heart and it was

awesome to see them play without any

fear or hesitation obviously we had a

little bit of fun with this situation

but the takeaway is real

if you can't increase your mass increase

your acceleration to generate more force

and I think those kids showed some real

heart going up against some real giant

opponents thanks again to Kellogg's

Frosted Flakes for making this possible

and for helping the North Valley Golden

Bears let out their inner grade be sure

to check out all the other prank it

forward videos and all the other great

kids in them thanks for watching this

video

backyard scientist out thanks to

Kellogg's Frosted Flakes for sponsoring

this video if you'd like to see more

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