Is the correlation between the speed of parents and the speed of their offspring going to be any different than the correlation between the intelligence of the parents and the intelligence of their offspring.
Naturally, intelligence isn’t nearly as easily measured as speed, but the question remains. Both intelligence and speed are hugely related to training/upbringing, but just like there is always that guy who sits on the couch all day then beats everyone in sporting events, there is going to be the guy who sits in school doing nothing who beats everyone on tests…
Its genetics. It even plays a role in intelligence. Look at Charlie’s parents, a school teacher, and a revolutionary ice skater. Both probably of very high intelligence.
If you have the genetics then you can work it to the world class level. Without out it your done.
what if you take a fast parent, but crucially he was not born fast and only acquired speed through many years of hard diliegent work. Would he then have a high likelyhood of having a fast kid? Has he actually changed his own genetic makeup?
I reckon he’d just have a high likelyhood of having a hard working kid. I believe hardwork ethic to also be a genetic trait that you can inherit. personaly i believe it to be the most favourable thing you can inherit, with intelligence JUST behind it in second place.
Luckily both my parents are smart too so i reckon i got a decent deal. The were both small fat a$$es too (no disrespect to them - its true lol!) so i didnt get speed or much athletics ability. But the main thing is im willing to work hard and smart to get it. Hasnt happened yet but im getting there. lol
Very interesting topic here
Its like the stud market in horse racing. Foals with good sire’s and damns, make massive money before they’ve even raced. They could flop but in a lot of cases they will be fast.
high testosterone and low estrogen levels, broad shoulders, narrow hips, long legs, thin lower legs, high calves, fast twitch muscle fibres, small feet and “lark heels”. im not sure exactly why an elongated heel bone would help but im guessing that it would provide a more favourable angle from the achilles to the ground resulting in more horizontal force?
joconnor i think that if the father had the potential to be fast then, depending on the mother, the child will probably be pretty fast as the child would have inherited some favourable characteristics for sprinting.