1. Does your race affect your vertical In The NBA
By Caden Feller and Jake Hoge

2. Results of retired nba player’s highest verticals www.topendsports.com
There are 23 total NBA players in this list
20 of which are Black
The other 3 are White

3. As you can see on the last slide the majority of the players are black
Pictures of Black and White people jumping in NBA

4. Data we found on verticals
Black People Verticals
White People Verticals
As you can see the blacks verticals are higher.

5. Bar graph on Black vertical averages to White vertical averages
Pie chart on Black vertical averages to White vertical averages
Both of these charts show the average vertical of black people is higher than the average vertical of white people.
Graph is in inches

6. How can black people jump higher?
Black people have more fast twitch muscles in their legs and tend to have less body fat. White people’s muscle structure is generally weaker in genetic makeup than black people. People originally from West Africa have more fast twitch muscles which allows a more powerful burst for sports like sprinting and basketball. Black athletes have about 2 times more fast twitch muscles than other races. Having more fast twitch muscle doesn’t automatically make one a better athlete. They still have to work out and strengthen their muscles to be a good athlete.

7. Topendsports.com Greatist.com NCBI.nlm.nih.gov Nattyornot.com
Bibliography
Topendsports.com
Greatist.com
NCBI.nlm.nih.gov
Nattyornot.com