Why don't hammer-throwers get dizzy? Could the world's fastest swimmer catch a jet-ski? How far can a human being run or cycle before they drop? Which nutter invented the ski jump?

Glenn Murphy, author of Why Is Snot Green?, answers these and other brilliant questions in this fascinating book about the science of sport.

From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball, from negotiating a snowboard slalom track to pulling a backflip on a BMX, find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports and games! Become a whizz in science AND trounce your friends at your school sports day. It's like being in the Olympics with none of the boring bits!

This book is part of a book series called Questions And Answers About .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Pan Macmillan .

Mary Murphy is the author and illustrator of many books for young children, including "I Like It When. "and" Some Things Change. " She lives in Dublin, Ireland.