The available space, all other things, forget the talent of the goalie. Ignore that for the moment. How much area is available for you to score in? And if you run these numbers, it's 770 for the hockey player and it's 385 for the soccer player. So there's about twice as much available area to score in hockey as there is to score in soccer.
What’s the fastest a car can accelerate? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore goal size to goal scoring ratios, the doppler effect, and the maximum acceleration for a car.
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